just to re-iterate a point - where are the women? where are the women??
how can a theory that belongs to the worlds of such a particular elite
possibly address actual society? whither hybridized theory?
during the early 1920s Russia, the avante garde (art)
were all involved in re-conceptualizing Russia and Russian culture,
and women intellectuals were busy working with women's labour unions and
women peasants to understand the life of the people, recognizing how
gender played a role in culture and how culture played a role in organizing
gender. (see Isaak 1996, _Feminism & Contemporary Art_)
Working with democratic principles, these women artists were
operating under the same political and cultural climate as
the AT fellows: is there no relation between art & culture in Activity
Theory? art & society? society & culture? is there no identity in AT?
diane,
once more for rhetorical effect only: it matters to ask:
where are the women? can you theorize society without gender?
When she walks,
the revolution's coming.
In her hips, there's revolution.
When she talks, I hear revolution.
In her kiss, I taste the revolution.
(poem by Kathleen Hanna: Riot Grrl)
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diane celia hodges
university of british columbia
centre for the study of curriculum and knowledge
vancouver, british columbia, canada