1st Edition

Global Feminist Politics Identities in a Changing World

Edited By Suki Ali, Kelly Coate, Wangui wa Goro Copyright 2000
    198 Pages
    by Routledge

    198 Pages
    by Routledge

    Global Feminist Politics examines the changing global context for feminist political action, its meaning and forms. It acknowledges the existence of dissent and debate among feminists, asserting that such debate leads to innovation in theory and practice. This book reaches the conclusion that the future of the women's movement depends upon a dialogue which is unafraid to cut across perceived differences.
    Focusing on key issues raise by a feministic commitment to global political change, this book covers subjects including:
    * the relevance of contemporary feminist politics for younger women
    * gendered accounts of genocide and catastrophe
    * exile, migration and diaspora
    * gender and the internet
    * women and the nationalist movement in India
    * gender issues in Pakistan, Australia, South Africa and the Middle East.
    Featuring an international panel of cutting-edge feminist thinkers, Global Feminist Politics demonstrates the innovative work being undertaken in the academic and professional worlds, as well as in women's activism. It is an invaluable resource for students in Women's Studies and Development Studies, as well as all those interested in the development of contemporary global feminism.

    Introduction. 1. Trying to Connect You: Global Feminist Politics Suki Ali 2. The Women's Movement Revisited: Areas of Concern for the Future Nighat Said Kahn 3. Despite Diversity: Women's Unity in Western Cape, South Africa Gertrude Fester 4. Political Thoughts and Domestic Lives: Women Activists in North India Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert 5. Gender, Ethinicity and `the community': locations with multiple identities Tijen Uguris 6. Is There a Space for Gender in Modernist Planning? Tovi Fenster 7. Gender and Catastrophe: (En)Gendering Genocides Tovi Fenster 7. Gendered Diaspora Identities: South African Women, Exile and Migration Elaine Unterhalter 8. No Fixed Abode: Feminism in the 1990s ^Debbie Epstein and Deborah Lynn Steinberg 9. Who Knows Best? Politics and Ethics in Feminist Theory and Research Suki Ali 10. Fast Capitalism, Fast Feminism and Some Fast Food for Thought Jane Kenway with Diana Langmead 11. Conclusion: Reflections on a Global Women's Movement Kelly Coate

    Biography

    Suki Ali is currently completing an ESRC funded PhD at the Institute for Education, University of London. Her work has been published in Gender and Education and Irish Journal of Feminist Studies. Kelly Coate is a Research Officer also at the Institute of Education, and has taught and published in the fields of women's studies and education.

    'The aim of the text is to think creatively and transgress the limits of the intellectual and the political. Jane Kenway and Diana Langmead provide an outstanding contribution to this study: 'Fast Capitalism, Fast Feminism and some Fast Food for Thought'. They show the dominant forces shaping university life in Australia and the future of feminism in the academy.' - Australian Popular Culture and Media Studies - Years work in Critical Cultural Theory - Vol 10 No.7 02

    'Global Feminist Politics is a refreshing collection' - International Feminist Journal of Politics, 4:3 December 2002