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Courtney Jung

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Courtney Jung
EducationTufts University (MESc)

Columbia University (MA)

Yale University (PhD)

Courtney Jung is a professor at the Department of Political Science of the University of Toronto, where she holds the George Ignatieff Chair, Department of Political Science.[1] Her research focuses on critical theory and identity formation at the intersection of contemporary political theory and comparative politics.[1]

She held visiting positions at Central European University, Yale University, and University of Cape Town before joining the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.[1]

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Publications

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  • Then I Was Black: South African Political Identities in Transition (Yale University Press, 2000)
  • The Moral Force of Indigenous Politics: Critical liberalism and the Zapatistas (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
  • Lactivism: how feminists and fundamentalists, hippies and yuppies, and physicians and politicians made breastfeeding big business and bad policy (Basic Books, 2015)[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Faculty". Department of Political Science. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Courtney Jung". munkschool.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  3. ^ Gottlieb, Lori (2015-12-14). "'Lactivism,' by Courtney Jung". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  4. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (2015-12-04). "Breast-Feeding Extremists Are Even Worse Than You Thought". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2023-12-17.