To Experience Joy: Musings on Endarkened Feminisms, Friendship, and Scholarship

Autor/in	Dillard, Cynthia B.
Titel	To Experience Joy: Musings on Endarkened Feminisms, Friendship, and Scholarship
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 32 (2019) 2, S.112-117 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dillard, Cynthia B.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
DOI	10.1080/09518398.2018.1533149
Schlagwörter	Feminism; Friendship; Scholarship; Resistance (Psychology); Psychological Patterns; Praxis; Empowerment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Feminismus; Freundschaft; Scholarships; Stipendium; Resistenz
Abstract	Joy can be defined as a feeling of happiness, well-being, success, or delight (Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joy, 2014). It can also be seen as the "source" or "cause" of such delight. However, according to Alice Walker, there is another articulation of joy from an endarkened feminist perspective that speaks to feminist struggles "within" and against our varied oppressions: "Resistance" is the secret of joy" (p. 279). It is from and through Walker's definition of joy that this paper arises. Written in prose form (what I refer to as 'musings'), this essay focuses on the possibilities of affirmation, contestation, and expansion in our scholarship when informed by "friendship" as endarkened feminist praxis. Resisting invisibilities, this piece argues for the power and usefulness of friendship as both principled practice and experience of mutuality, visibility, and shared partnership that bears witness to and embodies joy as a fruitful space of endarkened feminist cultural production and healing. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01