Abby Wilkerson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3589636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abby Wilkerson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abby |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkerson |
| SIGNATURE | WILKERSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Judging, Tasting, Knowing “Good” Food
Though public discourses of “good” food exert a powerful influence, cooks and eaters construct our own understandings in ways that may simultaneously reflect and resist these norms. Our knowledge of “good” food may sometimes present itself as “vague” (Schaefer et al., this issue), yet is often quite nuanced, based on disparate factors—economic, logistical, nutritional, temporal and political, along with individual preferences—as the articles feat…
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Intersectionality and Food Studies
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPsyche Williams-ForsonPsyche Williams-Forson is Associate Professor and Director Graduate Studies in the University of Maryland's Department of American Studies. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Material Culture/Visual Culture Working Group, an interdisciplinary group of faculty and graduate students engaged in research on objects and culture. Her research and teaching interests are in the ar…
Obesity,” the Transnational Plate, and the Thin Contract
This article explores how the notion of obesity as health problem (1) functions to obscure or justify global inequities related to food production and access and (2) indicates still deeper problems of injustice and the neglected role of embodiment in analyses of justice and injustice, and notions of political subjecthood. Food, the need to eat, and the food system shape social existence profoundly yet are underexplored in philosophy, especially p…
Disability, Sex Radicalism, and Political Agency
This paper uses queer and disability perspectives to argue that sexual agency is central to political agency, and that a group's experience of sexually-based harms and constraints on sexual agency should be recognized as a hallmark of oppression. It explores the political implications of erotophobia as it affects oppressed groups, the role of sexual shame in oppression based on sexuality and gender, and medical constructions of the sexuality of p…
Family Pictures
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Ending at the Skin
Many feminists have found inspiration in Donna Haraway's myth of the cyborg (1990). From the standpoint of feminist bisexual identity, however, I contend that this myth evades the very issues of race and sexuality which it seems to be addressing. I examine the uses of a bisexual standpoint for a more concrete, situated approach to theorizing sexuality, arguing that reflection on racial identities must be incorporated as well.
Ending at the Skin
Many feminists have found inspiration in Donna Haraway's myth of the cyborg (1990). From the standpoint of feminist bisexual identity, however, I contend that this myth evades the very issues of race and sexuality which it seems to be addressing. I examine the uses of a bisexual standpoint for a more concrete, situated approach to theorizing sexuality, arguing that reflection on racial identities must be incorporated as well
Homophobia and the Moral Authority of Medicine
This essay identifies ways in which medicine expresses and legitimizes homophobic values. Examples of such homophobia are identified in the treatment of people with HIV, moralistic interpretations of people with AIDS, certain conceptions about ways in which HIV is transmitted, media representations of AIDS, and even in the way in which medicine's "objectivity" reinforces a moral view inimical to gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals. It is concluded t…
Intersectionality and Food Studies
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPsyche Williams-ForsonPsyche Williams-Forson is Associate Professor and Director Graduate Studies in the University of Maryland's Department of American Studies. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Material Culture/Visual Culture Working Group, an interdisciplinary group of faculty and graduate students engaged in research on objects and culture. Her research and teaching interests are in the ar…
Ending at the Skin
Many feminists have found inspiration in Donna Haraway's myth of the cyborg (1990). From the standpoint of feminist bisexual identity, however, I contend that this myth evades the very issues of race and sexuality which it seems to be addressing. I examine the uses of a bisexual standpoint for a more concrete, situated approach to theorizing sexuality, arguing that reflection on racial identities must be incorporated as well
Homophobia and the Moral Authority of Medicine
This essay identifies ways in which medicine expresses and legitimizes homophobic values. Examples of such homophobia are identified in the treatment of people with HIV, moralistic interpretations of people with AIDS, certain conceptions about ways in which HIV is transmitted, media representations of AIDS, and even in the way in which medicine's "objectivity" reinforces a moral view inimical to gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals. It is concluded t…
Obesity,” the Transnational Plate, and the Thin Contract
This article explores how the notion of obesity as health problem (1) functions to obscure or justify global inequities related to food production and access and (2) indicates still deeper problems of injustice and the neglected role of embodiment in analyses of justice and injustice, and notions of political subjecthood. Food, the need to eat, and the food system shape social existence profoundly yet are underexplored in philosophy, especially p…
Judging, Tasting, Knowing “Good” Food
Though public discourses of “good” food exert a powerful influence, cooks and eaters construct our own understandings in ways that may simultaneously reflect and resist these norms. Our knowledge of “good” food may sometimes present itself as “vague” (Schaefer et al., this issue), yet is often quite nuanced, based on disparate factors—economic, logistical, nutritional, temporal and political, along with individual preferences—as the articles feat…
Homophobia and the Moral Authority of Medicine
This essay identifies ways in which medicine expresses and legitimizes homophobic values. Examples of such homophobia are identified in the treatment of people with HIV, moralistic interpretations of people with AIDS, certain conceptions about ways in which HIV is transmitted, media representations of AIDS, and even in the way in which medicine's "objectivity" reinforces a moral view inimical to gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals. It is concluded t…
Ending at the Skin
Many feminists have found inspiration in Donna Haraway's myth of the cyborg (1990). From the standpoint of feminist bisexual identity, however, I contend that this myth evades the very issues of race and sexuality which it seems to be addressing. I examine the uses of a bisexual standpoint for a more concrete, situated approach to theorizing sexuality, arguing that reflection on racial identities must be incorporated as well.
Ending at the Skin
Many feminists have found inspiration in Donna Haraway's myth of the cyborg (1990). From the standpoint of feminist bisexual identity, however, I contend that this myth evades the very issues of race and sexuality which it seems to be addressing. I examine the uses of a bisexual standpoint for a more concrete, situated approach to theorizing sexuality, arguing that reflection on racial identities must be incorporated as well
Family Pictures
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Disability, Sex Radicalism, and Political Agency
This paper uses queer and disability perspectives to argue that sexual agency is central to political agency, and that a group's experience of sexually-based harms and constraints on sexual agency should be recognized as a hallmark of oppression. It explores the political implications of erotophobia as it affects oppressed groups, the role of sexual shame in oppression based on sexuality and gender, and medical constructions of the sexuality of p…
Obesity,” the Transnational Plate, and the Thin Contract
This article explores how the notion of obesity as health problem (1) functions to obscure or justify global inequities related to food production and access and (2) indicates still deeper problems of injustice and the neglected role of embodiment in analyses of justice and injustice, and notions of political subjecthood. Food, the need to eat, and the food system shape social existence profoundly yet are underexplored in philosophy, especially p…
Intersectionality and Food Studies
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPsyche Williams-ForsonPsyche Williams-Forson is Associate Professor and Director Graduate Studies in the University of Maryland's Department of American Studies. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Material Culture/Visual Culture Working Group, an interdisciplinary group of faculty and graduate students engaged in research on objects and culture. Her research and teaching interests are in the ar…
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Judging, Tasting, Knowing “Good” Food
Though public discourses of “good” food exert a powerful influence, cooks and eaters construct our own understandings in ways that may simultaneously reflect and resist these norms. Our knowledge of “good” food may sometimes present itself as “vague” (Schaefer et al., this issue), yet is often quite nuanced, based on disparate factors—economic, logistical, nutritional, temporal and political, along with individual preferences—as the articles feat…
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