Abstract
Abstract In this article we look at the consequences of feminisms being viewed as racially, geographically and historically specific. We suggest that as feminist ideas become publicly well known and popularised, they are forged through a notion of ‘woman’ as a singular, and non‐racialised category, which can be seen by looking at, for example, discussions of sexual harassment in the public domain. The discussion we analyse is from the transcripts of the Opening Remarks of the October 1991 US Senate Haerings, in which allegations of sexual harassment were put forward by Anita Hill, a black woman Professor of Law, against Clarence Thomas, a black man who was nominated as a Justice for the Supreme Court in the United States. We refine our concept of ‘discursive configurations’ for understanding the shifting meanings of sexual harassment, and outline some implications for developing racially conscious popular feminisms.
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