Rebecca Whisnant

Rebecca S. Whisnant
Born Rebecca Suzanne Whisnant
Academic background
Alma mater UNC-Chapel Hill
Thesis Centering oneself: normative independence and the moral life (2002)
Academic work
Institutions University of Dayton
Main interests Ethical theory and feminist social theory
Website https://udayton.edu/directory/artssciences/philosophy/whisnant_rebecca_s.php

Rebecca Suzanne Whisnant[1] is the associate professor, and the director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program, at the University of Dayton.[2] Whisnant also sits on the editorial board of the journal, Sexualization, Media, and Society.[3]

Education

Whisnant gained her degree in philosophy from Oberlin College in 1989.[4] She went on to complete a masters (1992), and a Ph.D (2002), both in philosophy, at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1][5]

Career

Prior to working at the University of Dayton, Whisnant taught at the University of Southern Indiana.[2]

Bibliography

Books

  • Whisnant, Rebecca (1992). An access relations theory of personal identity (M.A. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 29334818.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca (2002). Centering oneself: normative independence and the moral life (Ph.D. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 51249722.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca; Stark, Christine (2004). Not for sale: feminists resisting prostitution and pornography. North Melbourne, Victoria: Spinifex Press. ISBN 9781876756499. Quote from book: "One of the key points we wanted to get across in the book is that pornography is prostitution."
Book review: Newland, Laura (July–August 2005). "Review: Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography". off our backs. off our backs, inc. 35 (7/8): 21. JSTOR 20838416.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca; DesAutels, Peggy (2008). Global feminist ethics. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742559103.

Chapters in books

  • Whisnant, Rebecca (2004), "Woman centered: a feminist ethic of responsibility", in Walker, Margaret Urban; DesAutels, Peggy, Moral psychology: feminist ethics and social theory, Feminist Constructions, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 201–218, ISBN 9780742534803.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca; Dines, Gail; Thompson, Linda (2010), "Arresting images: anti-pornography slide shows, activism and the academy", in Boyle, Karen, Everyday pornography, London New York: Routledge, pp. 17–33, ISBN 9780415543781. (With Karen Boyle.)
  • Whisnant, Rebecca (2010), "From Jekyll to Hyde: the grooming of male pornography consumers", in Boyle, Karen, Everyday pornography, London New York: Routledge, pp. 114–133, ISBN 9780415543781.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca (2015), "Not your father's Playboy, not your mother's feminist movement: feminism in porn", in Kiraly, Miranda; Tyler, Meagan, Freedom fallacy: the limits of liberal feminism, Ballarat, Victoria: Connor Court Publishing, ISBN 9781925138542.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca (2015), "Building feminism, resisting porn culture: where to from here?", in Kiraly, Miranda; Tyler, Meagan, Freedom fallacy: the limits of liberal feminism, Ballarat, Victoria: Connor Court Publishing, ISBN 9781925138542.

Journal articles

  • Whisnant, Rebecca (2005). "Rethinking nonviolence: intimate abuse and the needs of survivors". Social Philosophy Today. Philosophy Documentation Center. 21: 225–236.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca; Mantilla, Karla (2007). "Pornography and pop culture: Backlash and a feminism that is contrary to feminism". off our backs. off our backs, inc. 37 (7/8): 58–61. JSTOR 20838776.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca (April–June 2016). ""But what about feminist porn?": examining the work of Tristan Taormino". Sexualization, Media, and Society. Sage. 2 (2). doi:10.1177/2374623816631727. Pdf.
  • Whisnant, Rebecca (July–September 2016). "Pornography, humiliation, and consent". Sexualization, Media, and Society. Sage. 2 (3). doi:10.1177/2374623816662876. Pdf.

Book review

  • Whisnant, Rebecca (August 2007). "Book review: Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights by Kamala Kempadoo, Jyoti Sanghera, Bandana Pattanaik". Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. Wiley via JSTOR. 22 (3): 194–222. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2007.tb01097.x. JSTOR 4640092.
Book details: Kempadoo, Kamala (2005). Trafficking and prostitution reconsidered: new perspectives on migration, sex work, and human rights. Boulder, Colorado: Paradigm Publishers. ISBN 9781594510977.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Whisnant, Rebecca (2002). Centering oneself: normative independence and the moral life (Ph.D. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 51249722.
  2. 1 2 "Rebecca S. Whisnant". University of Dayton. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Editorial board: Sexualization, Media, and Society". Sage. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Rebecca Whisnant, PhD". ProCon.org. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Whisnant, Rebecca (1992). An access relations theory of personal identity (M.A. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 29334818.


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