Defending Our Dreams: Global Feminist Voices for a New Generation
Editat de Shamillah Wilson, Anasuya Sengupta, Kristy Evansen Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 oct 2005
Defending Our Dreams includes analyses by contributors from Uruguay, Venezuela, South Africa, Tanzania, Nepal, India, Canada, the USA, Australia, Barbados and the UK. This book is essential reading for all those engaged in feminist research, organizing and activism.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781842777268
ISBN-10: 1842777262
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1842777262
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
Foreword - Peggy Antrobus
Introduction
1.'You're Either With Us or Against Us': The Challenge of Increasing Political Polarization in the 21st Century for Young Feminists' - Suzan M. Pritchett
2.Channelling Discourse, Effecting Change: Young Women and Sexual Rights - Aziza Ahmed
2.From Tragedy and Injustice to Rights and Empowerment: Accountability in the Economic Realm - Alison Symington
3.Seeking Techno-Justice - Ann Elisabeth S. Samson
4.Smokescreen or Solution: GMOs and Food Insecurity - Haidee Swanby with Shamillah Wilson
5.'You'll Know What We are Talking About When You Grow Older': [A Critique of] Purity, Sovereignty and Trafficking in Nepal - Sushma Joshi
6.From Orphaned China Dolls to Long Distance Daughters: A Call for Solidarity Across Borders - Indigo Williams Willing
7.Imaging Women's Well-Being: Perspectives on Poverty Eradication - Anasuya Sengupta
9. Reflections on the World Social Forum: A Space for Alternative Engagement? - Mara Alejandra Scampini
10.Rooting Out Injustice: Discussions with Radical Young Women in Toronto, Canada - Jennifer Plyler
11.International Criminal Court: Answering the Question of Women! - Zakia Afrin and Amy Schwartz
12.Cyber Girls: Hello ? Are You Out There? - Kristy Evans
13.Women's Whispers: Notes on Hysteria and Loving Commitment - Gabriela Malaguera Gonzalez
14.We exist! Voice of Male Feminists - Dean Peacock
15.Separation Anxiety: The Schisms and Schemas of Media Advocacy - Paromita Vohra
16.Moving the Personal to the Political: Personal Struggles as a Basis for Advocacy - Salma Maoulidi
17. Feminist Leadership for Feminist Futures - Shamillah Wilson
Editors and Contributors
List of Acronyms
Index
Foreword - Peggy Antrobus
Introduction
1.'You're Either With Us or Against Us': The Challenge of Increasing Political Polarization in the 21st Century for Young Feminists' - Suzan M. Pritchett
2.Channelling Discourse, Effecting Change: Young Women and Sexual Rights - Aziza Ahmed
2.From Tragedy and Injustice to Rights and Empowerment: Accountability in the Economic Realm - Alison Symington
3.Seeking Techno-Justice - Ann Elisabeth S. Samson
4.Smokescreen or Solution: GMOs and Food Insecurity - Haidee Swanby with Shamillah Wilson
5.'You'll Know What We are Talking About When You Grow Older': [A Critique of] Purity, Sovereignty and Trafficking in Nepal - Sushma Joshi
6.From Orphaned China Dolls to Long Distance Daughters: A Call for Solidarity Across Borders - Indigo Williams Willing
7.Imaging Women's Well-Being: Perspectives on Poverty Eradication - Anasuya Sengupta
9. Reflections on the World Social Forum: A Space for Alternative Engagement? - Mara Alejandra Scampini
10.Rooting Out Injustice: Discussions with Radical Young Women in Toronto, Canada - Jennifer Plyler
11.International Criminal Court: Answering the Question of Women! - Zakia Afrin and Amy Schwartz
12.Cyber Girls: Hello ? Are You Out There? - Kristy Evans
13.Women's Whispers: Notes on Hysteria and Loving Commitment - Gabriela Malaguera Gonzalez
14.We exist! Voice of Male Feminists - Dean Peacock
15.Separation Anxiety: The Schisms and Schemas of Media Advocacy - Paromita Vohra
16.Moving the Personal to the Political: Personal Struggles as a Basis for Advocacy - Salma Maoulidi
17. Feminist Leadership for Feminist Futures - Shamillah Wilson
Editors and Contributors
List of Acronyms
Index
Recenzii
Leading the way to the future, this multi-cultural collection of the voices of young feminists illuminates the issues that are or will be in the crucible of feminist struggles to come. It also shows us both how the lives of women have and have not changed in the past few decades. A lively and thought provoking read - a must for anyone concerned with the future as seen through the wisdom of young women activists today.
When considering global politics today...it is easy to become jaded and cynical. This book is a wonderful antidote...Rather than getting stuck in arguments over contested meanings, as second-generation postmodern, liberal, socialist and maternal feminists often have, these women know what is important to them and seek in their own lives to struggle closer to their dreams, often reaching unashamedly to seems intuitively right.
Is 'young feminist' an oxymoron in a time that some people like to call post-feminist? This book challenges 'in the box' thinking while addressing a range of issues old and new. Its energy, thoughtfulness and honesty invigorate, even if they discomfort. Highly recommended for feminists, old and young, female and male, of whatever stripe, hue, shape or identity!
This book represents the most powerful, eloquent and thought-provoking collection I've seen in a long time. It brings together a poetic, jarring, often painful chorus of voices together. These are not na
When considering global politics today...it is easy to become jaded and cynical. This book is a wonderful antidote...Rather than getting stuck in arguments over contested meanings, as second-generation postmodern, liberal, socialist and maternal feminists often have, these women know what is important to them and seek in their own lives to struggle closer to their dreams, often reaching unashamedly to seems intuitively right.
Is 'young feminist' an oxymoron in a time that some people like to call post-feminist? This book challenges 'in the box' thinking while addressing a range of issues old and new. Its energy, thoughtfulness and honesty invigorate, even if they discomfort. Highly recommended for feminists, old and young, female and male, of whatever stripe, hue, shape or identity!
This book represents the most powerful, eloquent and thought-provoking collection I've seen in a long time. It brings together a poetic, jarring, often painful chorus of voices together. These are not na