Barbara Sutton is an
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University at Albany.
She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Oregon (2004)
and a Law degree from the National University of Buenos Aires (1993),
Argentina, where she was born and raised. Professor Sutton's scholarly
interests include globalization, body politics, human rights, women's
and global justice movements, and intersections of inequalities
based on gender, class, race-ethnicity, sexuality, and nation,
particularly in Latin American contexts. Her current research explores
how adult men and women respond, incorporate, and distance themselves
from information on human rights violations in historical and international
perspective. Previous research work examined the relationship between
racism, citizenship, and the promise of democracy in Argentina.
She also conducted a study on women's bodily experiences in Argentina
in connection to broad social issues, such as economic crisis,
norms of femininity, reproductive politics, gender violence, and
political protest. She is working on a book based on that research,
tentatively titled, Bodies in Crisis: Women in Argentina Engaging
Politics, Culture, and Global Economics.
Professor Sutton believes that a transnational awareness
is essential to understand timely political matters, including
the changes brought about by economic globalization, armed conflict,
migration patterns, fundamentalisms, and women's local and cross-border
activism. Professor Sutton is interested in global issues both
from an academic and a personal standpoint. She maintains strong
ties to her country of origin, Argentina, and her international
curiosity has taken her to many areas of the world. She has participated
in dialogues with women from diverse regions; for example, at the
International Women's University in Germany (a program with over
a thousand women from 115 countries), in international activist
arenas, and during an overland trip from the United States to Argentina,
driving across 12 countries. This journey allowed her to experience
the land, meet with people, and broaden her theoretical understandings
of Latin America in quite original and meaningful ways.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of Oregon (2004)
- M.A., University of Oregon (1999)
- B.A., University of Oregon (1997)
- Law Degree, National University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
(1993)
COURSES
- Global Perspectives on Women
- Feminist Social and Political Thought
- Classism, Racism, Sexism: Issues
- Gender and Class in Latin American Development
- Research Seminar in Women's Studies
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Sutton, Barbara. "Poner el Cuerpo: Women's Embodiment
and Political Resistance in Argentina." Forthcoming, Latin
American Politics and Society.
Sutton, Barbara. "Gendered Bodily Scars of Neoliberal Globalization
in Argentina." Forthcoming, The Gender of Globalization:
Women Navigating Economic and Cultural Marginalities, edited
by Nandini Gunewardena and Ann Kingsolver. Santa Fe, NM: School
of American Research Press.
Borland, Elizabeth and Barbara Sutton. "Quotidian Disruption
and Women's Activism in Times of Crisis, Argentina 2002-2003." Forthcoming, Gender
and Society.
Sutton, Barbara. 2007. "Naked Protest: Memories of Bodies
and Resistance at the World Social Forum." Journal
of International Women's Studies 8 (3): 139-148.
Sutton,
Barbara. 2004. "Las Mujeres y la Crisis: Marcas
en el Cuerpo." Cuerpos Ineludibles: Un Diálogo
a Partir de las Sexualidades en América Latina, edited
by Josefina Fernández, Mónica D'Uva, and Paula
Viturro. Buenos Aires : Ediciones Ají de Pollo, 2004.
Sutton, Barbara and Sandra Morgen.
2002. "The Impoverishment
of Women Bibliography." Voices: A Publication
of the Association for Feminist Anthropology. Special
Issue: The Impoverishment of Women (December): 45-69.
EDITED VOLUME
Sutton, Barbara, Sandra Morgen, and Julie Novkov, eds. Security
Disarmed: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Militarization.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. In Progress, Expected
Publication 2008.
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