Trope analysis of women's political subjectivity
Women secretaries and the issue of sexual harassment in Latvia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4367012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ieva Zake (Centre of Gender Studies, University of Latvia, Latvia, and University of Massachusetts, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 282-310 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14647000122229532 |
| OpenAlex | W1996724166 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
The article focuses on the narratives of women secretaries regarding their work experiences in private business in Latvia, and aims at understanding the barriers that prevent the formation of women's political subjectivity in Latvia, by looking at why sexual harassment does not become a political issue for working women in Latvia. Using Hayden White's theory of trope analysis, the article analyses the dominant tropes and the political results of their use in secretaries' articulations and narratives about their experiences of sexual harassment. Additionally, the article provides a critical trope analysis of Western feminist theories of sexual harassment, thus pointing out their usefulness for women's politics in Latvia. Finally, the article outlines the discursive strategies that women in Latvia could use in order to claim their own distinct and transformative political subjectivity in the newly independent, capitalist and highly nationalist post-Soviet Latvia
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Harassment · Literature · Narrative · Nationalism · Political science · Political subjectivity · Politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
Symbolic crusade
Secretaries talk
Metahistory
Sexual harassment of working women
Materialist Feminism and the Politics of Discourse
Allegories of America
Postmodern Revisionings of the Political
Feminists Rethink the Self
Justice Interruptus
Gender and the Politics of History
Feminists Theorize the Political
Confessionals, Testimonials
Deconstructive Strategies and the Movement Against Sexual Violence
Invisible Woman
Republic of Signs
Mapping the Margins
Unruly practices
Let Them Eat Cake
Historicising sexual harassment
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Pre-Modern and Modern Power
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |