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Making feminist sense of the global justice movement / Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eschle, Catherine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Anti-globalization movement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Challenging the neglect of feminism in accounts of the global justice movement, this book explores the origins, ideas, and practices of what Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca term ""feminist antiglobalization activism."" Drawing on fieldwork undertaken at the World Social Forum, the authors argue that feminists constitute a distinct, if diverse, sector of the global justice movement. Taking feminism seriously, the authors conclude, points us toward a richer and more theoretically nuanced understanding of the global justice movement and its struggle to create other possible
- Contents:
- Contents; Figures and Textboxes; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Chapter 01. Introduction: Making Feminist Sense of the Global Justice Movement; Part I. CONSTRUCTING FEMINIST ANTIGLOBALIZATION ACTIVISM; Chapter 02. Skeleton Woman at the World Social Forum: Feminist Struggles for Visibility, Voice, and Influence, 2001-2005; Chapter 03. Feminist Encounters at th eWorld Social Forum, 2003-2005: Uncovering Diversity and Situating Knowledge; Part II. MAPPING FEMINIST ANTIGLOBALIZATION ACTIVISM
- Chapter 04. Uncovering Origins: Past and Present Sources of Agency for Feminist Antiglobalization ActivismChapter 05. Naming the Enemy: Feminist Antiglobalization Activists Confront Oppression; Chapter 06. Imagining Other Worlds: The Utopian Dimension of Feminist Antiglobalization Activism; Chapter 07. Collective Action: The Political Practices of Feminist Antiglobalization Activists; Chapter 08. Forging Solidarity: Mobilizing Identities in Feminist Antiglobalization Activism; Chapter 09. Conclusion: Rethinking the Global Justice Movement; Appendix: Feminist Antiglobalization Activism
- ReferencesIndex; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-22715-1
- 1-282-47952-0
- 9786612479526
- 0-7425-6781-8
- OCLC:
- 609860032
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