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Feminism and Antiracism: International Struggles for Justice
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.42
EAN: 9780814798553
ISBN: 0814798551
Label: NYU Press
Manufacturer: NYU Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 414
Publication Date: August 01, 2001
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date: August 01, 2001
Studio: NYU Press
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Editorial Review:"Twine and Blee break new ground with case studies of international, feminist, and antiracist struggles"
— Feminist Collections
The editors have done an admirable job of drawing together works of diversely positioned authors, each of whom approach the topic of feminism and antiracism from their own unique personal and disciplinary standpoint.
—Anne Wagner, Dept of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto
"Focuses on what is happening in the "streets," in feminist, antiracist social movements around the globe."
— Signs
A collection of international scholars and activists answer the questionshow does gender and region/nation play a defining role in how feminists engage in anti-racist practices? How has the restructuring in the world economy affected anti-racist organizing? How do Third World Feminists counter the perception that feminism is a "Western" ideology and how effective are their methods? What opportunities does globalization bring for cross-cultural organizing?
From essays on the race and gender issues in organizing exotic dancers to resistance art in Africa and the U.S., this timely and necessary anthology will be sure to spark debate and controversy.
Contributors: Angela Davis, Kathleen Blee, France Winddance Twine, Heater Merrill, Veronica Magar, Siobhan Brooks, Delores Walters, Michelle Rosenthal, Ellen Kaye Scott, andrea breen, Yoshiko Nozaki, Sohera Syeda, Becky Thompson, Paola Bacchetta, Carolyn Martin Shaw, Eileen O'Brien and Michael Armato, Jane Freedman, Cathleen Armstead, Ashwini Deshpande, and Minelle Mahtani.
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The piece by Sohera Syeda was amazing. I really felt what she was saying. I hope to read more of her writings in the future.
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