• DOI:10.2979/NWS.2002.14.2.18
• Corpus ID: 144151382

Academic Feminism Against Itself

@article{Wiegman2002AcademicFA,
  title={Academic Feminism Against Itself},
  author={Robyn Wiegman},
  journal={NWSA Journal},
  year={2002},
  volume={14},
  pages={18 - 34}
}

• Robyn Wiegman
• Published 1 July 2002
• Sociology
• NWSA Journal

This article focuses on the often-lamented distinction between Women's Studies as an academic entity and feminism as a social movement. Whereas many feminist scholars urge us to return to social movement to counter the forces of institutionalization, I question the assumption that the political future of Women's Studies as a field can be guaranteed by repairing the distinction between academic institutionalization and feminism as a world changing social force. Indeed, I worry more about the implications for Women's Studies of refusing altogether the distinction between the academy and activism than about the difficulty of repairing the distinction between them.