Professor Chris Weedon
Emerita Professor
- weedoncm@cardiff.ac.uk
- 1.21, John Percival Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Overview
I am Professor Emerita of Critical and Cultural Theory. I am best known for my books and articles on feminist theory, women's writing, multi-ethnic Britain and cultural politics. My recent research and publications are in two main areas: British Black and Asian Writing and the Cutural Politics of Memory. I am currently working on a book of life stories from East Germany. I am co-editor the book series Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics, published by Rowman and Littlefield. I am active in community projects outside the university.
Biography
Publications
2021
- Weedon, C. and Hallak, A. 2021. Feminist poststructuralism: discourse, subjectivity, the body, and power. The case of the burkini. In: The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality. Taylor & Francis Group
2016
- Weedon, C. M. 2016. Stuart Hall, the British multicultural question and the case of western jihadi brides. International Journal of Cultural Studies 19(1), pp. 101-117. (10.1177/1367877915599614)
2013
- Weedon, C. M. 2013. Autobiography as cultural politics in multi-ethnic Britain. In: de Gregorio-Godeo, E. and Martín-Albo, A. M. eds. Mapping identity and identification processes: approaches from cultural studies. Oxford: Peter Lang, pp. 251-266.
2012
- Weedon, C. M. and Jordan, G. 2012. Collective Memory: Theory and Politics. Social Semiotics 22(2), pp. 143-153. (10.1080/10350330.2012.664969)
- Weedon, C. M. 2012. Tropes of diasporic life in the work of Nadeem Aslam. In: Sell, J. P. A. ed. Metaphor and Diaspora in Contemporary Writing. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 20-38.
- Weedon, C. M. and Jordan, G. 2012. Special issue: the cultural politics of memory [Editorship]. Social Semiotics 22(2), pp. 143-216.
2011
- Jordan, G. and Weedon, C. M. 2011. The construction and negotiation of racialized borders in Cardiff docklands. In: Aaron, J., Altink, H. and Weedon, C. M. eds. Gendering Border Studies. Gender Studies in Wales Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 222-242.
- Weedon, C. M. 2011. Identity, difference and social cohesion in contemporary Britain. Journal of Intercultural Studies 32(3), pp. 209-227. (10.1080/07256868.2011.565733)
- Weedon, C. and Jordan, G. 2011. Introduction to Special Section on Collective Memory. Cultural Studies 25(6), pp. 843-847. (10.1080/09502386.2010.546997)
2010
- Aaron, J., Altink, H. and Weedon, C. M. eds. 2010. Gendering border studies. Gender Studies in Wales Series. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2009
- Weedon, C. M. 2009. Identity and culture: narratives of difference and belonging (2nd ed.). Issues in Cultural and Media Studies. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
- Weedon, C. M. 2009. Feminist and queer approaches to music. In: Neumeier, B. and Schulz, D. eds. Dichotonies: Gender and Music. American Studies - a Monograph Series Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pp. 33-48.
2008
- Weedon, C. 2008. Constructing the 'Muslim Other'. In: Alvares, C. ed. Representing Culture: Essays on Identity, Visuality, and Technology. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 39-52.
- Weedon, C. 2008. Memorialising the Slave Trade in Britain. In: Miyares, R. and González, C. eds. Culture and Power: The Plots of History in Performance. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 125-132.
- Weedon, C. M. 2008. Migration, identity and belonging in British black and South Asian women’s writing. Contemporary Women's Writing 2(1), pp. 17-35. (10.1093/cww/vpn003)
2007
- Weedon, C. M. 2007. Postcolonial feminism. In: Gill, P. and Susan, S. eds. A History of Feminist Literary Criticism. Cambridge University Press, pp. 282-300.
2006
- Weedon, C. M. 2006. Gender, feminism, and fiction in Germany, 1840-1914. Gender, Sexuality, and Culture Vol. 5. Peter Lang.
2004
- Weedon, C. M. 2004. Identity and culture: narratives of difference and belonging. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
2002
- Weedon, C. M. 2002. Power and powerlessness: mothers and daughters in postwar German and Austrian literature. In: Giorgio, A. ed. Writing Mothers & Daughters: Renegotiating the Mother in Western Narratives by Women. Berghahn Books, pp. 215-250.
My research covers a broad field comprising cultural theory, gender studies, feminism, cultural politics, culture and identity, race and ethnicity and women's writing.
My current projects include on-going work on the cultural politics of memory and a book of life stories from the GDR.