Francine Descarries Explained
Francine Descarries (born 1942) is a Canadian sociologist. She is a professor of sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is considered a leading figure in feminist studies in Quebec.[1] [2] [3]
Biography
At the age of 16, after the death of her father, Descarries left school so that her family could afford her brother's medical training. Descarries found work as a legal secretary then as a travel agent, then left the workforce to care for her children. She returned to school at age 27, shortly after the birth of her second child. She attended Cégep Édouard-Montpetit. With a scholarly interest in women's issues and feminism, Descarries went on to earn undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in sociology from the Université de Montréal.[4]
In 1980, Descarries published L'École rose… et les cols roses (The pink school... and the pink collar), based on her master's research. The book addressed the sexual division of labour and social reproduction in workplaces and schools in Quebec.[5] [6]
In 1985, she joined the faculty at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). In 1990, she became a founding member of the Institute of Feminist Research and Studies at UQAM. Descarries served as the scientific committee director for the 7th, held in Montreal in 2015.
Descarries's scholarly interests include feminist theory, the evolution of the women's movement in Quebec, family, and women in the workforce.
Awards and honours
Selected works
Books
Articles
- none. Descarries. Francine. Corbeil. Christine. 1994. Entre discours et pratiques : l'révolution de la pensée féministe sur la maternité depuis 1960. Nouvelles Questions Féministes. 15. 1. 69–93. 40619565. 0248-4951.
- none. Descarries. Francine. 2003. The Hegemony of the English Language in the Academy: The Damaging Impact of the Sociocultural and Linguistic Barriers on the Development of Feminist Sociological Knowledge, Theories and Strategies. Current Sociology. en. 51. 6. 625–636. 10.1177/00113921030516005. 145498036. 0011-3921.
- none. Descarries. Francine. 2005. L'antiféminisme " ordinaire ". Recherches Féministes. 18. 2. 137–151. 10.7202/012421ar. 0838-4479. free.
- none. Descarries. Francine. 2011. Le projet féministe à l'aube du XXIe siècle : un projet de libération et de solidarité qui fait toujours sens. Cahiers de recherche sociologique. 30. 179–210. 10.7202/1002660ar. 1923-5771. free.
- none. Descarries. Francine. 2014. Language Is Not Neutral: The Construction of Knowledge in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. en. 39. 3. 564–569. 10.1086/674347. 146229148. 0097-9740.
References
- Web site: Un regard féministe sur la société. 2017. Fonds Société et culture. fr-CA. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200411030807/http://www.frqsc.gouv.qc.ca/fr/la-recherche/la-recherche-en-vedette/histoire/un-regard-feministe-sur-la-societe-32tmw79s1509376652602. 2020-04-11. 2020-04-11.
- Web site: Francine Descarries, lauréate d'un Prix du Québec UQAM. Désy. Caroline. 2019-10-11. Actualités UQAM. fr. 2020-04-11.
- Gomez. Véronica. Mathieu. Marie. 2019. Francine Descarries, sociologue-militante féministe québécoise. Institutionnaliser les études féministes pour transformer la société. Nouvelles Questions Féministes. fr. 38. 2. 108. 10.3917/nqf.382.0108. 213874340 . 0248-4951.
- Web site: Cartographe du féminisme. Tomulescu. Raluca. 2014-04-16. Montréal Campus. fr-FR. 2020-04-10.
- Book: Robbins. Wendy. Minds of Our Own: Inventing Feminist Scholarship and Women's Studies in Canada and Québec, 1966–76. Luxton. Meg. Eichler. Margrit. Descarries. Francine. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. 2009. 978-1-55458-774-2. 348. en.
- Web site: Les Prix du Québec - la récipiendaire Francine Descarries. 2019. Les Prix du Québec. 2020-04-11.
- Web site: Past Award Winners. The Royal Society of Canada. live. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170921150930/https://rsc-src.ca/fr/anciens-laur%25C3%25A9ates%23Genre. 2017-09-21. 2020-04-11.
