Antagonizing White Feminism - Intersectionality's Critique of Women's Studies and the Academy (Paperback)

Antagonizing White Feminism: Intersectionality's Critique of Women's Studies and the Academy pushes back against the exclusive scholarship and discourse coming out of women-centered spaces and projects, which throw up barriers by narrowly defining who can participate. Vehement resistance to using inclusive language and renaming scholarly spaces like Women's Studies and Critical Feminism expresses itself in concerns that women are still oppressed and thus women-only spaces must be maintained. But who is a woman? What are the characteristics of a woman's lived experience? Do affinity and a history of oppression justify exclusion? This book shows how intersectional feminism is often underperformed and appropriated as a "woke" vocabulary by elite women who are unwilling to do the necessary emotional work around their privilege. As Trans Women, Femmes, Women of Color, Queer Women, Gender Variant, and Gender Non-Conforming scholars emerge, the heteronormative, cisgender, colonial idea of women and the feminine is rapidly under attack. The contributors believe that to engage in the necessary conversations about the oppressed performing oppression is to disrupt the exclusionary basis of monolithic understandings of the feminine. Only then can we advance the coalition needed to forge a multiracial, multicultural, queer-led, anti-imperialist feminism.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Feminist Strategies: Flexible Theories and Resilient Practices
Release date:	June 2021
Editors:	Noelle Chaddock • Beth Hinderliter
Contributors:	Piya Chatterjee • Timothy W. Gerken • Laneshia Conner • Pablo Ariel Scharagrodsky • Magali Perez Riedel • Vanessa Drew-Branch • Sonyia Richardson • Sara Salem
Dimensions:	218 x 154 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-8836-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-4985-8836-0
Barcode:	9781498588362

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