''Feminist Formations'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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established in 1988 as the ''NWSA Journal'' (also known as the ''
National Women's Studies Association
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Journal''); the name was changed beginning with the Spring 2010 issue. It publishes
interdisciplinary
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and multicultural feminist scholarship in
women's,
gender, and sexuality studies linking
feminist theory
Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or Philosophy, philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's Gender role, social roles, experiences, intere ...
with teaching and
activism
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. In addition to its essays focusing on
feminist
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...
scholarship and its reviews of books, the journal regularly publishes special issues focused on topics especially important in the field of women's, gender, and sexuality studies and also features vibrant cover art and poetry and cutting-edge feminist artists and poets. The journal is edited by
Patti Duncan
Patti Duncan is an American academic and author, and a Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University.
Duncan's main focus is "transnational feminisms, women of color feminisms, feminist media studies, feminist mot ...
, a professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at
Oregon State University
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,
and is published three times per year by the
Johns Hopkins University Press
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.
See also
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Women's studies
Women's studies is an academic field that draws on Feminism, feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining Social constructionism, social and cultural constructs of gender; ...
References
External links
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www.feministformations.org*
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Feminist Formations' at
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Academic journals established in 1988
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