Global Feminist Politics: Identities in a Changing World

ISBN-13: 9780415214704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 208 str.

Suki Ali; Wangui Wa-Goro; Kelly Coate

Opis

This text examines the changing global context for feminist political action, its meaning and its forms. It acknowledges the existence of dissent and debate among feminists, asserting that such debate leads to innovation in theory and practice. This book reaches the conclusion that the future of the women's movement depends upon a dialogue which is unafraid to cut across perceived differences. Focusing on key issues raised by a feministic commitment to global political change, this book covers subjects including: the relevance of contemporary feminist politics for younger women; gendered accounts of genocide and catastrophe; exile, migration and diaspora; gender and the internet; women and the nationalist movement in India; gender issues in Pakistan, Australia, South Africa and the Middle East. Featuring an international panel of cutting-edge feminist thinkers, this work demonstrates the innovative work being undertaken in the academic and professional worlds, as well as in women's activism.

Recenzje

'The aim of the text is to think creatively and transgress the limits of the intellectual and the political. Jane Kenway and Diana Langmead provide an outstanding contribution to this study: 'Fast Capitalism, Fast Feminism and some Fast Food for Thought'. They show the dominant forces shaping university life in Australia and the future of feminism in the academy.' - Australian Popular Culture and Media Studies - Years work in Critical Cultural Theory - Vol 10 No.7 02

'Global Feminist Politics is a refreshing collection' - International Feminist Journal of Politics, 4:3 December 2002

Spis treści

Introduction. 1. Trying to Connect You: Global Feminist Politics Suki Ali 2. The Women's Movement Revisited: Areas of Concern for the Future Nighat Said Kahn 3. Despite Diversity: Women's Unity in Western Cape, South Africa Gertrude Fester 4. Political Thoughts and Domestic Lives: Women Activists in North India Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert 5. Gender, Ethinicity and `the community': locations with multiple identities Tijen Uguris 6. Is There a Space for Gender in Modernist Planning? Tovi Fenster 7. Gender and Catastrophe: (En)Gendering Genocides Tovi Fenster 7. Gendered Diaspora Identities: South African Women, Exile and Migration Elaine Unterhalter 8. No Fixed Abode: Feminism in the 1990s ^Debbie Epstein and Deborah Lynn Steinberg 9. Who Knows Best? Politics and Ethics in Feminist Theory and Research Suki Ali 10. Fast Capitalism, Fast Feminism and Some Fast Food for Thought Jane Kenway with Diana Langmead 11. Conclusion: Reflections on a Global Women's Movement Kelly Coate

O autorze

Suki Ali is currently completing an ESRC funded PhD at the Institute for Education, University of London. Her work has been published in Gender and Education and Irish Journal of Feminist Studies. Kelly Coate is a Research Officer also at the Institute of Education, and has taught and published in the fields of women's studies and education.