Hybridised materialisms

The 'twists and turns' of materialities in feminist theory

Bibliographic Data

ID4367115
AuthorsNajate Zouggari (University of Lausanne, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume20
Issue3
Pages269-281
Publication date2019-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1464700118804447
OpenAlexW2898394085
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

This article examines the conceptualisation of materialities in feminist theory through two paradigmatic examples: (French) materialist feminism and new materialisms. What can be interpreted as an opposition between different paradigms can also be disrupted as long as we define what matters as a relation or a process rather than a substance or a lost paradise to which we should return. New materialisms indeed help to investigate aspects such as corporeality, human/non-human interaction and textures, but the role of feminist materialism is invaluable in highlighting the social structures of power relations; more than ever, it makes a decisive contribution to the understanding of domination, such as the social relations and hierarchies implied in femosecularism conceptualised in this article. Ultimately, the tool of hybridised materialisms aims to articulate the theoretical perspective of materialist feminism with that of the new materialisms - in order to avoid the binarism between materiality and culture

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist theory · Materialism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Education, sociology, and vocational training · French Urban and Social Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Philosophy

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