Feminism as Traveling Theory: The Case of Our Bodies, Ourselves

Feminism as Traveling Theory: The Case of Our Bodies, Ourselves

The annual Korenman Lecture, featuring Kathy E. Davis, Institute of History and Culture, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Beginning in the 1970’s, the feminist classic book on women and health, Our Bodies, Ourselves, not only has had an enormous impact on feminism in the U.S., but it has been taken up, translated and adapted by women across the globe. Drawing upon Edward Said’s concept of “traveling theory,” Kathy E. Davis will explore the book’s world-wide travels, showing how it was transformed in the process of its many border crossings, and how it provides useful insights for how we think about history, the politics of knowledge, and transnational feminism.

This lecture will take place on the 7th floor of the Albin O. Kuhn Library. For a map of UMBC's campus, visit http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/

Sponsored by the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies with the support of the Dresher Center for the Humanities