Tara, you might want to ask your professor to define "looney feminist
crap" more carefully. It strikes me as a distinct possibility that he
(she?) is quite possibly infringing on students' academic freedom. To
analyze the ways in which a discourse (in this case about rockets) is
gendered is a perfectly respectable academic project.
Tara Robertson wrote:
> I'm taking a class on the International Politics of Space
> and I'm trying to write a paper on feminist critiques of
> space (as in outer space). So far I haven't found much
> information. I might use general feminist critiques of
> militarism, technology, and realist IR and try to make them
> specific to space programs. Things that I find
> intersting are that the legal regime for space is different
> from the terrestrial agreements over soverignty and
> colonization, the amount of money that is spent on space
> programs, space as a North-South issue, the different
> reasons (political prestige, security, economic,
> technological independence) for pursuing space programs,
> and how it is gendered.
>
> The professor has made himself clear that he does not want
> to read a postmodern critique of the masculine language and
> imagery (as in thrust, the phallic nature of rockets).
> At least that is what was implied when he said he wouldn't
> accept looney feminist crap.
>
> Any suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks!!
>
> :o)
>
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> Tara Robertson
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Glynis Carr
Associate Professor of English
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
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