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| Frequency | Biannual |
|---|---|
| First issue | 1978 |
| Final issue | 1986 |
| Based in | London, UK |
| Website | http://mffeministjournal.co.uk |
| ISSN | 0141-948X |
| OCLC number | 931732837 |
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m/f a feminist journal was a British feminist periodical published from 1978 until 1986. The journal published theoretical and political reviews, discussions, and articles about the Women’s Movement, particularly in relation to socialist and feminist politics.[1]
Background and content[edit]
Following the "Patriarchy Conference" in London in May 1976, some individuals, who would later become a part of the m/f’s editorial group, felt the need to provide a space for theoretical debates and discussions within the Women’s Movement. Its earliest editors included Parveen Adams, Rosalind Coward and Elizabeth Cowie. They were later joined by Beverley Brown.
In the introduction to issue 1 the title "m/f" is not explicitly defined but there are several references to "marxist feminism".[2] Contemporary Culture Index describes "m/f" as "a title primarily standing for masculine/feminine" and states that "readers wondered if this oblique title could also mean Marxism versus feminism, mother versus father, or even, if it could be a coded reference to Michel Foucault."[3]
The journal took multidisciplinary approaches and various perspectives: legal, social, psychoanalytical, economic as well as artistic. m/f primarily aligned itself with feminist socialism while also recognizing the limitations and risks of essentialism.[4] Publishing a total of twelve issues, m/f was an academically dense project that explored the complexity of the theoretical and political considerations of women. Though short-lived, many scholars and readers have regarded the contributions of m/f in feminist discourse, both its successes and shortcomings.[5][6][7]
In 1979 Diana Leonard discussed m/f along with Women's Studies International Quarterly and Feminist Review in a paper "Is Feminism More Complex than the WLM Realises?", presented at a workshop and published in Feminist Practice: Notes from the Tenth Year! (Theoretically Speaking). She "reserved special criticism for m/f ... because of its psychoanalytic and post-structuralist lens".[8]
In 1990 MIT Press published The Woman In Question (ISBN 9780262011167 Search this book on .), described as "some of the most memorable and important essays and editorials from m/f, the British journal that staked out new directions for feminist theory and politics from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s".[9][10]
References[edit]
- ↑ m/f. Mffeministjournal.co.uk
- ↑ Adams, Parveen; Coward, Rosalind; Cowie, Elizabeth (1978). "m/f". m/f. 1: 3. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ↑ "m/f". Contemporary Culture Index. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ↑ Mouffe, Chantal. "The Legacy of m/f."https://www.mffeministjournal.co.uk/the-legacy-of-mf--1990/the-legacy-of-mf
- ↑ Penley, Constance. "Missing m/f." https://www.mffeministjournal.co.uk/the-legacy-of-mf--1990/missing-mf
- ↑ Copjec, Joan. "m/f, or Not Reconciled."https://www.mffeministjournal.co.uk/the-legacy-of-mf--1990/mf-or-not-reconciled
- ↑ Bowlby, Rachel. "P/S." https://www.mffeministjournal.co.uk/the-legacy-of-mf--1990/ps
- ↑ Leonard, Diana (1979). "Is feminism more complex than the WLM realises?". Feminist practice : notes from the tenth year! : theoretically speaking. London: In Theory Press. ISBN 9780905969992. Search this book on quoted in Withers, D.-M. "Knowledge Trouble – Practice, Theory and Anxiety in late 1970s Feminist Movements". German Historical Institute London Blog. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ↑ The MIT Press. "The Woman In Question". mitpress.mit.edu. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ↑ Gerl, Brigitte (1991). "Parveen Adams, Elizabeth Cowie (Eds.) The Woman In Question m/f". Modern Language Notes. 106 (5): 1069–1072. doi:10.2307/2904603. JSTOR 2904603.
External links[edit]
- m/f website includes full text of all issues
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