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Danielle
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Sharon P. Doetsch-Kidder |
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Kathryn
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| Theories of Genders and Sexualities, Race and Ethnic Studies in the U.S., U.S. Literatures after 1865 |
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Sharon P. Doetsch-Kidder
Graduate Student
English Department
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3170
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| Sharon received her BA in Women's Studies and MA in English from Georgetown University. |
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Areas of Interest |
| feminist theory and activism; social movements; U.S. third world feminism; race, gender, and sexuality studies; social protest literature |
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Current Projects |
In oral histories of 25 activists who organize at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability, "The Spirit of Social Change: Love, Faith, and Joy in Intersectional Activism" draws attention to several rarely acknowledged yet fundamental aspects of social movements: that activists are driven by love, that their faith in humanity can be seen in their methods, and that their work brings them profound joy. Through the combination of theory and activist narratives, the manuscript shows the centrality of spirit to the work of social change. The research transforms understandings of the dynamics of contemporary US activism, contributing to feminist, social movement, ethnic studies, leadership studies, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) studies scholarship.
Bringing together social science, spirituality, and feminist, queer, and antiracist theory, the project is part of an emergent body of work putting together insights from different traditions. Combining the epistemological strengths of spiritual and scientific traditions enables us to produce more complete and nuanced descriptions of social and psychic phenomena.
By focusing on activism at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability, the manuscript identifies emotions and beliefs that connect work across different social movements and in race and ethnic studies, women’s studies, LGBTQ studies, disability studies, and American studies. Exploring emotions is crucial to understanding how people experience consciousness and to seeing how individuals are connected in emergent social structures.
The emphasis on spirituality in this project reflects a foundational element of antiracist feminism that is taking a more central place in struggles for social justice. The attention paid within women’s studies, LGBTQ studies, and US race and ethnic studies to the origins and effects of analytical and activist tools make these fields a natural site from which to advance a new, more inclusive paradigm of knowledge production. Bringing together epistemologies of reason, intuition, and spirit, we can discover new ways of knowing, teaching, and creating. Focusing on the love that drives activism, the faith that guides leaders, and the joy of meaningful work helps everyone committed to positive social change to keep working through conflicts and setbacks and broadens their sense of possibility.
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Courses
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| Summer (A) 2003 |
ENGL 10 |
Introduction to Literary Study |
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