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Sara Ahmed
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Sara Ahmed is a British-Australian writer and scholar whose work examines feminist theory, emotions, institutional power and the experiences of those who complain.
Biography
Sara Ahmed is a British-Australian writer and scholar born in 1969. Her areas of study span feminist theory, queer theory, affect theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism. In The Cultural Politics of Emotion, she examines the social dimensions of emotions and how they circulate. The work is recognized as a foundational text in affect theory.
In Complaint!, Ahmed draws on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have complained about harassment, bullying and unequal working conditions at universities. She examines the differences between formal complaint procedures and complainants’ experiences, including institutional methods of obstructing complaints. Her analysis considers complaint as a form of feminist learning and explores how collective efforts can sustain complaints and make institutional change possible.
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Books by Sara Ahmed
Complaint!
Complaint! examines institutional power through testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying and unequal working conditions at universities. Ahmed explores how institutions obstruct complaints and how collective efforts to sustain them can open possibilities for institutional change.