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June 6, 2026Open Access

Rethinking the cultural turn in feminism

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YMYuyi Miao

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Thesis examines cultural and social approaches in feminism, revealing challenges in political representation and ideology critique.

Key Points

  • This thesis explores the implications of the cultural turn in feminism, focusing on the crisis of the feminist political subject and representation.
  • Critically analyze the cultural approach of postmodernism and the social approach rooted in Marx's historical materialism.
  • Examine practical political cases, including intersectionality and identity politics, to assess their effectiveness in representation.
  • Defend genealogical analysis as a method for addressing ideology critique within feminism.
  • Demonstrated that the cultural approach fails to bridge the gap in political representation.
  • Highlighted that the social approach lacks sufficient analysis of ideology.
  • Concluded with a reflection on the importance of ideology critique in feminist theory.

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Yuyi Miao (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23bb7971a5da9775e76ef7https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/1670
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