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An embarrassment of riches: The seduction of postfeminism in the academy

Liu, Helena·2019·Organization
DOI 10.1177/1350508418763980
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Given critiques of postfeminism as a neoliberal and patriarchal discourse that has taken considerable tolls on professional life, its popularity in organisational practice seems out of place. This article explores the processes of postfeminism through an autoethnographic inquiry of my experiences working as a research fellow at a leadership research centre in Australia. In theorising from my narrative accounts as an early career scholar, I offer a view into the entangled processes of postfeminist knowledge production and my own making as a postfeminist subject. In doing so, I attempt to illustrate the seductive appeal of postfeminism as an ostensibly empowering process that ultimately preserves White elite class patriarchal power.

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Authors
Liu, H.
Affiliations
University of Technology Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author
Liu, Helena
ORCID
Liu, Helena
Venue
Organization
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2018-03-23
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
20-37
ISSN
  • 1350-5084 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7323
DOI
10.1177/1350508418763980
OpenAlex
W2793548750
Cited by
47
References
114
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2
FWCI
7.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Organization (publishedVersion)
  • UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
Keywords
postfeminism, neoliberalism, patriarchy, early-career researchers, academic work, leadership research, knowledge production, gender and academia

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