Transatlantic Feminisms: Women and Gender Studies in Africa and the Diaspora de Cheryl R. Rodriguez

Transatlantic Feminisms: Women and Gender Studies in Africa and the Diaspora

Editat de Cheryl R. Rodriguez, Dzodzi Tsikata, Akosua Adomako Ampofo Contribuţii de Nana Akua Anyidoho, Yveline Bass, Augusta Lynn Bolles, Manoucheka Celeste, Betty Akullu Ezati, Majorie Mbilinyi, Jody Lynn McBrien, Lyn Ossome, Lara Stein Pardo, Rachel Afi Quinn, Rose A. Sackeyfio, Gloria Shechambo, Jennifer Shoaff, Jan Stewart, Erica Williams

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Transatlantic Feminisms is an interdisciplinary collection of original feminist research on women's lives in Africa and the African diaspora. Demonstrating the power and value of transcontinental connections and exchanges between feminist thinkers, this unique collection of fifteen essays addresses the need for global perspectives on gender, ethnicity, race and class. Examining diverse topics and questions in contemporary feminist research, the authors describe and analyze women's lives in a host of vibrant, compelling locations. There are essays exploring women's political activism in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Santo Domingo, Jamaica and Tanzania. Other essays explore representation and creativity in Brazil, Nigeria, and Miami. While one essay examines African women as conflicted immigrants in France, another recounts the experiences of Haitian women trying to survive in the Dominican Republic. Core themes of the book include the evolution of black feminism; black feminist political leadership; the politics of identity and representation; and struggles for agency and survival. These themes are interwoven throughout the volume and illuminate different geographic and cultural experiences, yet very similar oppressive forces and forms of resistance.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781498507165
ISBN-10: 1498507166
Pagini: 360
Ilustrații: 10 b/w photos; 4 tables;
Dimensiuni: 162 x 232 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Part 1. Feminist Politics and the Politics of "Black" Feminisms

Chapter 1: Feminist Organizing, Electoral Representation and Transformation in Africa, Lyn Ossome

Chapter 2: This Bridge Called the Internet: Black Lesbian Feminist Activism in Santo Domingo, Rachel Afi Quinn

Chapter 3: Fighting Shirley Chisholm: Discourses of Race and Gender in U.S. Politics, Yveline Alexis

Chapter 4: Academics and Praxis: Caribbean Feminisms, Lynn Bolles

Chapter 5: Experiences in Transformative Feminist Movement Building at the Grassroots Level in Tanzania, Marjorie Mbilinyi and Gloria Shechambo

Part 2. Women and the Multi-layered Textures of Representation

Chapter 6: Mucamas and Mulatas: Black Brazilian Feminisms, Representations, and Ethnography Erica L. Williams

Chapter 7: Feminists Perspectives in Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi and Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta, Rose A. Sackeyfio,

Chapter 8: Black Women and U.S. Pop Culture in the Postidentity Era: The Case of Beyoncé Knowles, Ma

Recenzii

This edited collection is the embodiment of 'feminism without borders' at its finest, as it explores commonalities and divergences in the lives of women of African descent, from Africa to the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. This exciting book breaks new ground in reconceptualizing feminism in ways that go beyond Western and US Black feminist thought. It contributes to the diversity of global feminisms by articulating and theorizing new understandings of feminism based on the lived experiences and struggles of women in Africa and the African diaspora.
This timely collection of essays brings an impressive array of transatlantic feminist voices into a shared conversation. The volume reflects and emerges from an exemplary ethic of inclusion that provides ample space for the differently-situated perspectives of Africans, African descendants, and kindred-thinking allies. The analytical and substantive issues they address are imperative for building the sociopolitical solidarity and epistemic cross-fertilization needed to advance the production and application of feminist knowledge.
Transatlantic Feminisms: Women and Gender Studies in Africa and the Diaspora is clear evidence of the development and maturation of Black feminist thought on Africa and the African diaspora since the 1980s. Comprehensive in scope, it is a transnational and interdisciplinary journey of scholarly insights grounded in rigorous ethnographic methods, astute socioeconomic and political analysis, community engagement, literary interpretations, and historical reflections. Each author's burning concern and commitment to telling authentic global narratives of Black women undergird their contribution.