Emerita Professor Christine Beasley

Emerita Professor Christine Beasley

  • Research Interests
    • Social/political theory - with a particular interest in concepts of freedom, justice, & care, and a focus on cultural, feminist, masculinity & sexuality theory
    • Social/public policy
    • Gender and Sexuality
    • Theory & politics of the body and the subject
    • Citizenship & community
    • Ethics (including global and health ethics)
    • Cultural studies, especially of film
    • International studies - with a particular interest in theory, gender/sexuality,  and ethical issues

  • Publications

    For Chris Beasley's CV to February 2021, please see attached document.

     

    Books  

    1. C. Beasley and M. Holmes, Internet Dating: Intimacy and Social Change, Routledge, London & NY, 2021
    2. C. Beasley and H. Brook, The Cultural Politics of Contemporary Hollywood Film: Power, Culture and Society, Manchester University Press, 2018

    3. R. Harding, R. Fletcher and C. Beasley eds, Revaluing Care in Theory, Law & Policy: Cycles and Connections, Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK, 2017

    4. C. Beasley et al.,  Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice, Routledge, Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality Series, 2012
    5. A. Bletsas and C. Beasley eds, Engaging with Carol Bacchi, University of Adelaide Press, 2012
    6. C. Beasley, Gender & Sexuality: Critical Theories, Critical Thinkers, Sage, London & Thousand Oaks, Ca., 2005
    7. C. Beasley, What is Feminism?: An Introduction to Feminist Theory, Sage, London & Thousand Oaks, Ca., 1999 (also published as What is Feminism, anyway?: Understanding Contemporary Feminist Thought, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1999)
    8. C. Beasley, Sexual Economyths: Conceiving a Feminist Economics, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1994

     

    Chapters in Books  

     

    1.    C. Beasley, ‘Feminism and Men/Masculinities scholarship: connections, disjunctions and possibilities’, in L. Gottzén, U. Mellström and T. Shefer eds, Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies, Routledge, Abingdon Park & New York, 2020, Part 1, pp. 31-40
    2. C. Beasley, K. Harrison, M. Holmes, and C. Wamala Larsson, ‘Innovations in intimacy—Internet dating in an international frame’, in R. Andreassen et al. eds, Mediated Intimacies: Connectivities, Relationalities and Proximities, Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK (ECREA book series), 2018, pp. 89-102

    3. C. Beasley ‘Care is not enough—Beyond Care and vocabularies of altruism?’, in N. Blåder and K. H. Kjellin eds, Mending the World?: Possibilities and Obstacles for Religion, Church and Theology, Church of Sweden Research Series (CSRS) Volume 14, Pickwick Publications, Wipf & Stock, USA, 2017, pp. 370-388 

    4. C. Beasley, ‘Beyond Care and vocabularies of altruism?: Envisaging an alternative politics attentive to sexuality and older people’, in R. Harding, R. Fletcher and C. Beasley eds, Revaluing Care in Theory, Law & Policy: Cycles and Connections, Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK, 2017, pp. 233-249 
    5. R. Harding, R. Fletcher, and C. Beasley, ‘Introduction: Cycles of Care’, in R. Harding, R. Fletcher and C. Beasley eds, Revaluing Care in Theory, Law & Policy: Cycles and Connections, Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK, 2017, pp. 1-13 
    6. C. Beasley and M. Holmes, ‘Internet Dating, Sexual Intimacy and Older People’, in E. Peel and R. Harding eds, Ageing and Sexualities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Ashgate, Surrey, UK, 2016, pp. 205-217
    7. C. Beasley and K. Jaworski, ‘Passionate Activism as Academic Labor: The Emotional Body of Pedagogical Politics’, in L. Bryant and K. Jaworski eds, Women supervising and writing doctoral theses: Walking on the Grass, Lexington Books, London, 2015, pp. 35-52 
    8. C. Beasley and B. Cao, ‘Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking in the First Year Experience’, in H. Brook, D. Fergie, M. Maeorg, and D. Mitchell eds, Universities in Transition: Foregrounding Social Contexts of Knowledge in the First Year Experience, University of Adelaide Press, Adelaide, 2014, pp. 205-228 
    9. C. Beasley, ‘Re-thinking Hegemonic Masculinity in transnational context’, in Jeff Hearn and Katherine Harrison eds, Rethinking Transnational Men: Beyond, Between and Within Nations, Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality series, London, 2013, pp.29-44 
    10. C. Beasley, ‘The Challenge of Pleasure: Let's Talk about Sex in Feminist and Masculinity studies theorising’, in M. Fineman and M. Thomson eds, Exploring masculinities: feminist legal theory reflections, Ashgate Press, Farnham, Surrey, 2013, pp. 115-126 
    11. C. Beasley, ‘Sexual Health, Sex Education and Violence’ in D. Cherubini and S. Magaraggia eds, Men against Women?: The roots of Masculine Violence against Women, (Uomini Contro Le Donne?: Le Radici Della Violenza Maschile), University of Milan-Bicocca publications, Milan, 2013, pp. 169-186 
    12. C. Beasley and C. Bacchi, ‘Making Politics Fleshly’, in A. Bletsas and C. Beasley eds, Engaging with Carol Bacchi: Strategic Interventions and Exchanges, University of Adelaide Press, Adelaide, 2012, pp. 99-120. 
    13. C. Beasley, ‘Problematising Current Men/Masculinities Theorising: Theoretical and Terminological Debates Today’, in J. Hearn and A. Biricik eds, Theme 9: Gendered Sexualed Transnationalisations, Deconstructing the Dominant: Transforming men, ‘centres’ and knowledge/policy/practice, Volume XVI, GEXcel: Centre of Gender Excellence, Linköping & Örebro universities, Sweden, 2012, 29-40 
    14. C. Beasley, ‘The Challenge of Pleasure: Let’s Talk about Sex in Gender-Masculinity Studies’, in K. Harrison and J. Hearn eds, Theme 2: Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities, Volume VII, GEXcel: Centre of Gender Excellence, Linköping & Örebro universities, Sweden, 2009, 29-43 
    15. C. Beasley, ‘Is Masculinity Studies increasingly the ‘Odd Man’ Out?: Considering problems and possibilities in contemporary Gender/Sexuality thinking’ in A. Biricik and J. Hearn eds, Theme 2: Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities, Volume VI, From the proceedings of GEXcel Conference 27– 29 April 2009, GEXcel: Centre of Gender Excellence, Linköping & Örebro universities, Sweden, 2009, 173-83 
    16. C. Beasley, ‘Rethinking Hegemonic and “other” Masculinities in Australian Cinema: Male Bodies at the Edge of the World’, in S. Fouz-Hernández ed., Mysterious Skin: The Male Body in Contemporary Cinema, I. B. Tauris, London & N. Y., 2009, 59-76 
    17. C. Beasley, ‘Re-thinking Hegemonic Masculinity in a Globalising World’, in A. M. González and V. Seidler (eds), Gender Identities in a Globalized World, Prometheus books, NY, 2008, 167-94 
    18. C. Beasley, ‘Speaking of feminism...what are we arguing about?: difference and the politics of meaning’, in L. Burns (ed.), Feminist Alliances, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2006, 35-58 
    19. C. Bacchi and C. Beasley, ‘Reproductive Technology and the political limits of “care” ’, in M. Shildrick and R. Mytikiuk (eds), Ethics of the Body: Postconventional Challenges, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. & London, 2005, 175-94 
    20. C. Beasley, ‘Negotiating difference: debatable feminism’, in C. Bacchi and Paul Nursey-Bray (eds), Left Directions: Is There a Third Way, University of Western Australia Press, Perth, 2001, 193-209

     

     

     

    Articles in Refereed Journals

     

    1. P. Eate, C. Beasley, P. Papadelos, M. Treagus and M. Augoustinos, ‘Schooling the Public on Boys: the ongoing salience of the ‘crisis’ in boys’ education in media representations’, Feminist Media Studies 17(2), 2017: 248-263

       
    2. K. Jones, C. Merrick, and C. Beasley, A content analysis of oral health messages in Australian mass media’, Australian Dental Journal 61(1) 2016, March: 16-20
    3. H. Brook, M. Mulholland, C. Beasley and M. Holmes, ‘Introduction to the special section: Challenging Heterodoxies’, Sexualities 18(5-6) 2015, September: 645-648 
    4. C. Beasley, ‘Introduction to Special Issue of Men and Masculinities: Heterodox Hetero-masculinities’, Men and Masculinities 18(2) 2015, June: 135-139 
    5. C. Beasley, ‘Caution! Hazards Ahead: Considering the potential gap between Feminist thinking and Men/Masculinities theory and practice’, Journal of Sociology 51(3), 2015, September: 566-581 
    6. C. Beasley ‘Mind the Gap? Masculinity Studies and Contemporary Gender/Sexuality Thinking’, Australian Feminist Studies 28(75) March 2013: 108-124 
    7. R. Howson, C. Beasley and M. Augoustinos, Editor’s Prologue, ‘Men/Masculinities: New Directions in Australian Theory and Practice’, Australian Feminist Studies 28(75) March 2013: 2-6 
    8. C. Beasley, ‘Problematising contemporary Men/Masculinities theorising: the contribution of Raewyn Connell and conceptual-terminological tensions today’, British Journal of Sociology 63(4), December 2012: 747-765 
    9. C. Beasley and Benito Cao, ‘Transforming First-Year University Politics Students into Critical Thinkers’, ERGO 2(3), 2012: 41-52 
    10. C. Beasley, ‘Libidinous Politics: Heterosex, ‘Transgression’ and Social Change’, Australian Feminist Studies 26(67), 2011: 25-40 
    11. M. Holmes, C. Beasley and H. Brook, Guest Editorial: ‘Heterosexuality’, Australian Feminist Studies, Special Issue: Heterosexuality, 26(67), 2011: 3-7 
    12. C. Beasley, ‘Some Implications of the Debate on the Origins of Gender: A Response to Bowdler and Balme’, Australian Feminist Studies, Special Issue, 25(66), 2010: 407-411 
    13. C. Beasley, ‘The Elephant in the Room: Heterosexuality in critical Gender/Sexuality Studies’, ‘Taking Turns’ Forum, NORA—Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research 18(3), 2010: 204-9 
    14. C. Beasley et al., ‘Ambivalent Globalisation, amorphous vulnerable Nationalism: considering debates about nation and national positioning within the global from the point of view of young Australians’, Journal of Sociology 46(1), March 2010: 5-25 
    15. J. Elias and C. Beasley, ‘Hegemonic Masculinity and Globalization: “Transnational Business Masculinities” and Beyond’, Globalizations 6(2), 2009: 281-296 
    16. C. Beasley, ‘Re-thinking Hegemonic Masculinity in a Globalising World’, the keynote essay for a Symposium on this essay, Men and Masculinities 11(1), October 2008: 86-103 
    17. C. Beasley and M. Warin, ‘Editorial’, Health Sociology Review, Special Issue: Re-imagining Preventive Health—Theoretical Perspectives, Guest Editor, 17(4), August 2008: 124-128 
    18. C. Beasley, ‘The Challenge of Pleasure: Re-imagining Sexuality and Sexual Health’, Health Sociology Review, Special Issue: Re-imagining Preventive Health—Theoretical Perspectives, 17(2), August 2008: 151-163 
    19. C. Bacchi and C. Beasley, ‘The Limits of Trust and Respect: Rethinking Dependency’, Social Alternatives 24(4), 2005: 55-60 
    20. C. Beasley and C. Bacchi, ‘The political limits of “care” in re-imagining interconnection/community and an ethical future’, Australian Feminist Studies 20(46), March 2005: 49-64 
    21. C. Bacchi and C. Beasley, ‘Citizen Bodies: Is embodied citizenship a contradiction in terms?’, Critical Social Policy 22(2), Iss. 71, May 2002: 324-352 
    22. C. Beasley and C. Bacchi, ‘Citizen Bodies: embodying citizens—a feminist analysis’, International Feminist Journal of Politics 2(3), December 2000: 337-358 
    23. C. Beasley, ‘Charting an/other direction?: sexual economyths and suggestions for a feminist economics, Australian Feminist Studies 11(1), 1996: 99-113 
    24. C. Beasley, ‘The Patriarchy Debate: should we make use of the term “patriarchy” in historical analysis?’, History of Education Review 16(2), 1987: 13-20 

     

     CV publications at February 2021

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