Rethinking the Man Question

Jane L. Parpart is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Gender Institute; Aalborg University, Development Studies; Stellenbosch University, Politics; University of West Indies, Gender and Development and Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University, International Development Studies, Gender Studies and History. Her primary research is on gender and development with a focus on Africa, gender, empowerment and violence; urban and gender history in southern Africa; and feminist and masculinities theorizing in a global/local world. She has published extensively on these subjects, including producing co-edited collections: The Practical Imperialist (2006), Gender, Conflict and Peacekeeping (2005), and Rethinking Empowerment (2002). Marysia Zalewski is Director of Gender Studies in the School of Social Science at the University of Aberdeen. Her primary research interests include feminist theory and methodology, gender and international relations and the politics of knowledge production. Recently published work has appeared in: British Journal of Politics and International Relations (2007) Political Studies (2005) International Studies Review (2003); Feminist Theory (2003); Sexualities (2003); International Journal of Women's Studies (2003). Books include Feminism After Postmodernism: Theorising Through Practice (Routledge 2000) and Intervening in Northern Ireland: Critically Rethinking Representations of the Conflict (Taylor and Francis, 2007). She is currently working on a book to be published with Routledge on the relationship between feminism and its critical others.