Old concerns, renewed focus and novel problems: feminist communication theory and the Global South

ABSTRACT

Feminist theorizations have made important contributions to communication, albeit somewhat less visible and on the sidelines. Even less visible is research conducted with a feminist lens from the Global South. This article provides an overview of current ways of approaching, understanding, and applying feminist theoretical perspectives at the intersection of gender and communication from non-Western contexts. It also identifies feminist contributions to communication scholarship and makes suggestions for future directions.

KEYWORDS:

• Feminist theory
• globalization
• gender
• feminist scholarship

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

Ingrid Bachmann http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2805-5148

Notes

1 However, some Global South scholars have paid attention to matters of femininity and masculinity, as well as non-binary understandings of gender. See for instance Viveros-Vigoya (2007), Morrell (1998) and Patel (2017).