White middle-class heterosexual cisgender women’s stories in International Relations
Anonymity, Whitewashing, and Our Cleaning Labor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6430641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julio César Díaz Calderón (0000-0003-2950-7887, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 743-748 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1384-5748 • E-ISSN: 1740-3898 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1057/s41311-025-00680-2 |
| OpenAlex | W4410133175 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article demonstrates how white middle-class heterosexual cisgender women’s stories in International Relations (IR) tend to reproduce plots affording anonymity and whitewashing expertise. It shows how Laura Shepherd’s The Self, and Other Stories reproduced those plots. In response, it also tells stories about “I,” a low-class non-binary character of color inspired by existing (post)/(de)colonial trans/feminist/queer scholarship in IR, and analyzes how such character would read and reveal the silences of white middle-class heterosexual cisgender women’s narratives. Then, this article moves to an autonomous transfeminist remaking of the plots when kinship is needed to make a critique, and whiteness and expertise are not required
Anonymity · Biology · Class (philosophy · International political economy · International relations · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Sociology · White (mutation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |