Victoria A. Newsom

Contained Empowerment and the Liminal Nature of Feminisms and Activisms

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Produktbeschreibung

This book illustrates how third wave and contemporary forms of feminism function as "contained empowerment." The author investigates feminist, reproductive rights, and gender-based activisms of the1990s through the present and in contrast with anti-feminist, white supremacist, and structural repressions, including the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Produktdetails

• Gender and Activism
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 756g
• ISBN-13: 9781793612502
• ISBN-10: 1793612501
• Artikelnr.: 65696211

Autorenporträt

By Victoria A. Newsom - Foreword by Sahar Khamis

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: Theorizing Contained Empowerment
Chapter 1: Contained Empowerment: Negotiating In/Visibility and Action
Chapter 2: The Contained Embodiment of Feminist Activism
Chapter 3: The Liminality of Feminist Waves
Section II: The Contained Nature of US Third Wave Feminisms
Chapter 4: Metaphors of Containment
Chapter 5: Digital Activism as an Echo Chamber
Chapter 6: In/Visible Activism: The Contained Nature of Feminist NGOization
Section III: Contemporary Activisms, Polarizations, and Problematic
Containments
Chapter 7: The Containment of Digital Celebrity and Fan Activisms
Chapter 8: Backlash and Mimicry as Carnivalesque Liminality
Chapter 9: Activism to Breach Containment