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

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 wo...

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Published inOrganization (London, England) Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 20 - 37
Main Author Liu, Helena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2019
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Embarrassment
Ethnography
Feminism
Leadership
Neoliberalism
Popularity
Postfeminism
Power
Power elite
Seduction
Tolls
seduction
Academia
postfeminism
knowledge production
identity
autoethnography
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Summary: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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ISSN:1350-5084
1461-7323
DOI:10.1177/1350508418763980