Synopses & Reviews
"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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Foreword by Mary Romero xiii
Contributors xvii
Introduction: Feminist Antiracist Maps:
Transnational Contours 1
Kathleen M. Blee and France Winddance Twine
part i Feminist Spaces, Antiracist Maps
1 Making Space for Antiracist Feminism in Northern Italy 17
Heather Merrill
2 Resisting Domestic Violence and Caste Inequality:
All-Women Courts in India 37
Veronica Magar
3 Exotic Dancing and Unionizing: The Challenges of
Feminist and Antiracist Organizing at the
Lusty Lady Theater 59
Siobhan Brooks
4 Women, Healthcare, and Social Reform in Yemen 71
Delores M. Walters
part ii Feminist Talk, Antiracist Dialogues
5 Danger Talk: Race and Feminist Empowerment in the
New South Africa 97
Michelle Rosenthal
6 From Race Cognizance to Racism Cognizance:
Dilemmas in Antiracist Activism in California 125
Ellen Kaye Scott
7 Between the Covers: Feminist, Antiracist, and
Queer Performance Art in Australia 150
Andrea Breen
8 Feminism, Nationalism, and the Japanese Textbook
Controversy over Comfort Women 170
Yoshiko Nozaki
part iii Coalitions at Work: Transgressive, Transracial, Transnational
9 Coalition Politics in Organizing for Mumia Abu-Jamal
193
Sohera Syeda and Becky Thompson
10 Extraordinary Alliances in Crisis Situations: Womenagainst Hindu Nationalism in India 220
Paola Bacchetta
11 Working with Feminists in Zimbabwe: A BlackAmerican's Experience of Transnational Alliances 250
Carolyn Martin Shaw
12 Building Connections between Antiracism andFeminism: Antiracist Women and Profeminist Men 277
Eileen O'Brien and Michael P. Armato
part iv Faith and Other Unfinished Feminisms
13 L'affaire des Foulards: Problems of Defining a
Feminist Antiracist Strategy in French Schools 295
Jane Freedman
14 Memorializing Racist Massacres: Faith versus
Feminism in Florida 313
Cathleen L. Armstead
15 Casting Off Servitude: Assessing Caste and Gender
Inequality in India 328
Ashwini Deshpande
16 Mapping the Meanings of Racism and Feminismamong Women Television Broadcast Journalists in Canada 349
Minelle Mahtani
Appendix A: Chronology of Selected Feminist, Racist,and Antiracist Actions 367
Appendix B: Selected List of Feminist and
Antiracist Organizations 373
Index 381
Review
"Although much contemporary feminist scholarship stresses the way gender dynamics intersect with those of race and class, it is often difficult to link those abstractions to concrete struggles. In this remarkable collection, authors from different locations, different disciplines, and different visions write about such efforts with an honesty that is always refreshing, sometimes painful. Whether describing successes in Indian slums, conflicts in California, or campaigns in France, the articles in this collection offer important insights into strategic possibilities—and pitfalls—for progressive feminist organizing."-Gay Seidman,Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Review
"This valuable anthology expands out understanding of feminism, anti-racism—and by extension racism itself—through richly interdisciplinary, cross cultural accounts of diverse forms of activism. The authors provide moving testimony to the importance of linking feminist and anti-racist struggles and the complexities involved in doing so."-Amrita Basu,Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst College
Review
"Given all the talk about globalization as the engine of homogenization, it is a relief to find in these collected essays an encyclopedia of antiracist and feminist strategies for social movement today. Rarely does the local emerge as so textured in a context that emphasizes the complexity to the global itself."-Robyn Wiegman,Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women's Studies, Duke University
Review
"Although much contemporary feminist scholarship stresses the way gender dynamics intersect with those of race and class, it is often difficult to link those abstractions to concrete struggles. In this remarkable collection, authors from different locations, different disciplines, and different visions write about such efforts with an honesty that is always refreshing, sometimes painful. Whether describing successes in Indian slums, conflicts in California, or campaigns in France, the articles in this collection offer important insights into strategic possibilities—and pitfalls—for progressive feminist organizing."
"This valuable anthology expands out understanding of feminism, anti-racism—and by extension racism itself—through richly interdisciplinary, cross cultural accounts of diverse forms of activism. The authors provide moving testimony to the importance of linking feminist and anti-racist struggles and the complexities involved in doing so."
"Given all the talk about globalization as the engine of homogenization, it is a relief to find in these collected essays an encyclopedia of antiracist and feminist strategies for social movement today. Rarely does the local emerge as so textured in a context that emphasizes the complexity to the global itself."
"Twine and Blee break new ground with case studies of international, feminist, and antiracist struggles."
"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."
Review
"Twine and Blee break new ground with case studies of international, feminist, and antiracist struggles." -Feminist Collections,
Review
"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
Review
"...No mere collection, but a wonderful synthesis of some of the best and most representative works of modern feminist scholarship, reflecting the richness and diversity of contemporary women's studies. It provides an informative and empowering perspective on feminist scholarly achievements of the last decades."-Dale Spender,founding member of WITS (Women, Information, Technology, and Scholarship), author of more than 30 books, including Feminist Theorists: Three Centuries of Key Women Thinkers and For The Record: the Making and Meaning of Feminist Knowledge
Review
"A stimulating introduction to women's studies and a really useful teaching tool."-Mary Ellen Brown,Television and Women's Culture
Synopsis
"Twine and Blee break new ground with case studies of international, feminist, and antiracist struggles"- Feminist Collections"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 questions how 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.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsxiForeword by Mary RomeroxiiiContributorsxviiIntroduction: Feminist Antiracist Maps:Transnational Contours1 Kathleen M. Blee and France Winddance Twinepart i Feminist Spaces, Antiracist Maps 1Making Space for Antiracist Feminism in Northern Italy17 Heather Merrill2Resisting Domestic Violence and Caste Inequality: All-Women Courts in India37 Veronica Magar3Exotic Dancing and Unionizing: The Challenges of Feminist and Antiracist Organizing at the Lusty Lady Theater59 Siobhan Brooks4Women, Healthcare, and Social Reform in Yemen71 Delores M. Walterspart ii Feminist Talk, Antiracist Dialogues 5Danger Talk: Race and Feminist Empowerment in theNew South Africa97 Michelle Rosenthal6From Race Cognizance to Racism Cognizance: Dilemmas in Antiracist Activism in California125 Ellen Kaye Scott7Between the Covers: Feminist, Antiracist, and Queer Performance Art in Australia150 Andrea Breen8Feminism, Nationalism, and the Japanese Textbook Controversy over Comfort Women170 Yoshiko Nozakipart iii Coalitions at Work: Transgressive, Transracial, Transnational 9Coalition Politics in Organizing for Mumia Abu-Jamal193 Sohera Syeda and Becky Thompson10Extraordinary Alliances in Crisis Situations: Womenagainst Hindu Nationalism in India220 Paola Bacchetta11Working with Feminists in Zimbabwe: A BlackAmerican's Experience of Transnational Alliances250 Carolyn Martin Shaw12Building Connections between Antiracism andFeminism: Antiracist Women and Profeminist Men277 Eileen O'Brien and Michael P. Armatopart iv Faith and Other Unfinished Feminisms 13L'affaire des Foulards: Problems of Defining aFeminist Antiracist Strategy in French Schools295 Jane Freedman 14Memorializing Racist Massacres: Faith versusFeminism in Florida313 Cathleen L. Armstead15Casting Off Servitude: Assessing Caste and Gender Inequality in India328 Ashwini Deshpande16Mapping the Meanings of Racism and Feminismamong Women Television Broadcast Journalists in Canada349 Minelle MahtaniAppendix A: Chronology of Selected Feminist, Racist,and Antiracist Actions367Appendix B: Selected List of Feminist andAntiracist Organizations373Index381
Synopsis
A collection of international scholars and activists answer the questions
how 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.
Synopsis
Women's Studies: Essential Readings provides a wide range of readers with an entirely comprehensive selection of ever 140 readings on women's studies, representing the entire diversity of current feminist thinking. The book is a divided into fourteen sections that reflect primary topics within women's studies, covering theory and perspectives, including: feminist social theory; psychological and psychoanalytic theory; cross-cultural perspectives and historical perspectives, as well as themes such as: education and work; marriage and motherhood; sexuality; the law; crime and deviance; politics and the state; science, medicine and reproductive technology; language and gender; feminist literary criticism; and the media tool
Features: Introductions to each section provide an overview of the main issues and debates. Commentaries on each extract locate the work of individual authors within wider debates and identify the perspective from which they are writing. Each section contains a guide to further reading.
About the Author
France Winddance Twine is Associate Professor at the University Of California, Santa Barbara. She is an editor of Racing Research, Researching Race, available from NYU Press.
Kathleen M. Blee is Professor of Sociology and Director of Women's Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of No Middle Ground, also available from NYU Press.