Representing the Other: A Feminism & Psychology Reader

Identifying a range of key concerns related to representation and difference, Representing the Other offers a provocative agenda for the future development of feminist theory and practice. The book′s contributors, including many key international researchers in women′s studies, draw on personal experiences of speaking "for" and "about" others in their research, professional practice, academic writing, or political activism. They highlight problems of representing the Other with an ethnic or cultural background different from one′s own and extend discussions of "Othering" to representations of children, prostitutes, infertile women, fat women, gay men with HIV/AIDS, and people with disabilities. The reader, which includes articles and discussions from four issues of the journal Feminism & Psychology, also features new pieces and an extensive editorial introduction. Representing the Other will be integral reading for students and academics in women′s studies, gender studies, and feminist theory across a range of social science disciplines, including social psychology, sociology, anthropology, sociolinguistics, social policy, and political science.

Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger are both based at Loughborough University, where Celia Kitzinger is Programme Director for Women′s Studies. Sue Wilkinson is founding and current editor of Feminism & Psychology: An International Journal.

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Magdalene Ang-Lygate University of Strathclyde

Manjit Bola Brunel University

Amparo Bonilla Campos University of Valencia, Spain

Erica Burman Manchester Metropolitan University

Jean Carabine Loughborough University

Becky Chasey Exeter District Community Health Service

Kathy Doherty University of Sheffield

Rosalind Edwards South Bank University

Hanna Frith Loughborough University

Mike Gane Loughborough University

Christine Griffin University of Birmingham

Gabriele Griffin Leeds Metropolitan University

Anita Harris University of Melbourne

Beth Humphries Manchester Metropolitan University

Sheila Jeffreys University of Melbourne

Amanda Kottler University of Cape Town

Kate MacMillan Loughborough University

Ann McNulty Northern Initiative on Women and Eating, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Anna Madill University of Sheffield

Deborah Marks University of Sheffield

Marion Martin University of Manchester

Kate Paulin University of Auckland

Jackie Reilly Queen′s University of Belfast

Diane Richardson University of Sheffield

Liz Stanley University of Manchester

Marian Titley Exeter District Health Service

Jan Winn University of Sheffield

Anne Woollett University of East London