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Feminist freedom warriors / Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Linda E. Carty [editors] ; with generous assistance from Taveeshi Singh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eisenstein, Zillah R.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce.
- Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-.
- Feminists.
- Okazawa-Rey, Margo--Interviews.
- Okazawa-Rey, Margo.
- Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944---Interviews.
- Davis, Angela Y.
- Bannerji, Himani--Interviews.
- Bannerji, Himani.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce--Interviews.
- Mama, Amina--Interviews.
- Mama, Amina.
- HernaÌndez-Castillo, AiÌda--Interviews.
- HernaÌndez-Castillo, AiÌda.
- Eisenstein, Zillah R--Interviews.
- Feminists--Interviews.
- Feminists--Biography.
- Feminism.
- Feminism--History.
- History.
- Women--Biography.
- Women.
- Women--Interviews.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Feminist freedom warriors : genealogies, justice, politics, and hope
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- Feminist Freedom Warriors tells the stories of women of color from the Global South, weaving together cross-generational histories of feminist activism across national borders. These engaging interviews with sisters comrades will inform, inspire, and activate the imagination to explore what a just world might look like. Each woman's story illustrates their lifelong commitment to challenging oppressive practices and forming solidarities across borders to transform unjust structures around the globe. The book features interviews with activists from movements spanning the last seven decades in the United States, India, Mexico, Palestine, Nigeria, South Africa, and beyond. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: An archive of feminist activism : conversations with Margo Okazawa-Rey, Angela Y. Davis, Himani Bannerji, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Amina Mama, AiÌda HernaÌndez-Castillo, and Zillah Eisenstein / Linda E. Carty and Chandra Talpade Mohanty
- No freedom without connection : envisioning sustainable feminist solidarities / Margo Okazawa-Rey
- Troubling explanatory frameworks : feminist praxis across generations / Angela Y. Davis
- Materializing class, historicizing culture / Himani Bannerji
- Being in motion : building movements across generations / Minnie Bruce Pratt
- Bridging through time : inhabiting the interstices of institutions and power / Amina Mama
- Searching for truth in community / AiÌda HernaÌndez-Castillo
- Toward a new feminist politics of possibility and solidarity / Zillah Eisenstein
- Postscript: Toward a politics of refusal and hope / Taveeshi Singh.
- Notes:
- Interviews.
- Subtitle on cover: Genealogies, justice, politics, and hope.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-178) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781608468973
- 1608468976
- OCLC:
- 1007756582
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