How ‘Anti-ing’ becomes Mastery
Moral Subjectivities Shaped through Anti-Oppressive Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10896029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heidi Zhang (York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 124-140 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcx010 |
| OpenAlex | W2595452455 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Anti-oppressive practice (AOP) has been popularly adopted in the undergraduate and graduate levels as a dominant framework for theorising about oppression, the self and working towards change. It is conceptualised as the socially just framework to practise from when engaging racialised and marginalised populations. Using a post-structural Foucauldian analysis, I intend to examine the discursive effects of AOP as occupying a position of mastery. Specifically, the active process of ‘anti-ing’ is a way of governing the self which becomes a form of currency when it is taken up as a dominant discourse. Looking at three tenets of AOP theory relating to identity, authenticity and resistance, I suggest that AOP can operate to re-inscribe a normalcy that relies on the construction of a moral subjectivity, effectively obscuring the types of work that are required to modify and regulate oneself when performing ‘anti-ing’.
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |