Beasley, Christine, Dr.

By Stine Adrian on 20 Jul | 0 comments

Short Biography
Dr Chris Beasley is Associate Professor/Reader in Politics at the University of Adelaide in South Australia. Within the Politics Department Dr Beasley has primarily taught in three areas of Political Studies contemporary social and political theory, gender and sexuality studies, and cultural politics. Her most recent books include 'ender and Sexuality: Critical Theories, Critical Thinkers (Sage, 2005) and What is Feminism? (Sage, 1999).

She is currently in the process of co-editing a Special Issue of 'Australian Feminist Studies', and working on two books, one a sole-authored book titled The Cultural Politics of Popular Film: Power, Culture and Society (with Manchester University Press), and the other a co-authored book titled, Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice (with Routledge). She is undertaking joint research on several projects: on global ethics, on transnationalisation, men and masculinities, and on social change and heterosexuality (the latter in partnership with the leading sexual health agency in South Australia, SHine). She is also Co-Director of the Fay Gale Centre: Excellence in Gender Research,located at the University of Adelaide and is currently working to enhance existing links in Australia with the new Centre for Men an Masculinities in Wollongong and at an international level with GEXcel

Her overarching interest is gender/sexuality theory and here she has been engaged in offering a critical perspective on the relationship between the three major subfields of gender/sexuality thinking, ie feminist, sexuality and masculinity studies.