Suspect Citizens: Women, Virtue, and Vice in Backlash Politics
Wednesday 22 May, 2013
11:30am, $0
Kingsborough Community College, Performing Arts Center
2001 Oriental Boulevard
What drives the cycle of backlashes against women's ongoing struggle for equality, freedom, and inclusion in American politics? Professor Jocelyn Boryczka presents a feminist conceptual history that shows how American politics have largely defined women in terms of their reproductive and socializing functions. This framework not only denies women full citizenship, but also devalues the active political engagement of all citizens who place each other and their government under suspicion.