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Contained Empowerment and the Liminal Nature of Feminisms and
Activisms examines the processes by which activist successes are
limited, outlines a theoretical framing of the liminal and temporal
limits to social justice efforts as "contained empowerment." With a
focused lens on the third wave and contemporary forms of feminism,
the author investigates feminist activity from the early 1990s
through responses and reactions to the overturning of Roe v. Wade
in 2022, and contrasts these efforts with anti-feminist, white
supremacist, and other structural normalizing efforts designed to
limit and repress women's, gendered, and reproductive rights. This
book includes analyses of celebrity activism, girl power,
transnational feminist NGOs, digital feminisms, and the feminist
mimicry applied by practitioners of neo-liberal and anti-feminism.
Victoria A. Newsome concludes that the contained nature of feminist
empowerment illustrates how activists must engage directly with
intersectional challenges and address the multiplicities of
structural oppressions in order to breach containment.
This book illustrates how Arab women have been engaging in three
ongoing, parallel struggles, before, during, and after the Arab
Spring, on three levels, namely: the political struggle to pave the
road for democracy, freedom, and reform; the social struggle to
achieve gender equality and fight all forms of injustice and
discrimination against women; and the legal struggle to chart new
laws which can safeguard both the political and the social gains.
The contributors argue that while the political upheavals were
oftentimes more prevalent and visible, they should not overshadow
the parallel social and legal revolutions which are equally
important, due to their long-term impacts on the region. The
chapters shed light on the intersections, overlaps and divergences
between these simultaneous, continuous gendered struggles and
unpacks their complexities and multiple implications, locally,
regionally, and internationally, across different countries and
through different phases.
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