Rebecca S. Whisnant
Born
Rebecca Suzanne Whisnant
Academic background
Alma materUNC-Chapel Hill
ThesisCentering oneself: normative independence and the moral life (2002)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Dayton
Main interestsEthical theory, feminist social theory, sexual exploitation
WebsiteUniversity of Dayton profile

Rebecca Suzanne Whisnant[1] is professor and chair of the philosophy department at the University of Dayton.[2]

Biography

Whisnant gained her degree in philosophy from Oberlin College in 1989.[3] 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][4]

Prior to working at the University of Dayton, Whisnant taught at the University of Southern Indiana.[5]

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 (eds.), 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 (ed.), 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 (ed.), 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 (eds.), 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 (eds.), Freedom fallacy: the limits of liberal feminism, Ballarat, Victoria: Connor Court Publishing, ISBN 9781925138542.

Journal articles

Book review

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. ↑ Whisnant, Rebecca (2020). "Rebecca S Whisnant". University of Dayton Directory.
  3. ↑ "Rebecca Whisnant, PhD". ProCon.org. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Whisnant, Rebecca (1992). An access relations theory of personal identity (M.A. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 29334818.
  5. ↑ "Rebecca S. Whisnant". University of Dayton. Retrieved 25 October 2015.


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