Voicing Demands: Feminist Activism in Transitional Contexts
Sohela Nazneen
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Description for Voicing Demands: Feminist Activism in Transitional Contexts
Paperback. An original and unique analysis of feminist activism under oppressive rule. Editor(s): Nazneen, Sohela; Sultan, Maheen. Series: Feminism and Development. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Voicing Demands is a collection of analytical narratives of what has happened to feminist voice, a key pathway to women’s empowerment. These narratives depart from the existing debate on women’s political engagement in formal institutions to examine feminist activism for building and sustaining constituencies through raising, negotiating and legitimizing women’s voice under different contexts. Bringing together the reflections and experiences of feminist researchers and activists in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, this unique volume explores how various global trends, such as the development of transnational linkages, the rise of conservative forces, the NGOization of feminist ... Read more
Voicing Demands is a collection of analytical narratives of what has happened to feminist voice, a key pathway to women’s empowerment. These narratives depart from the existing debate on women’s political engagement in formal institutions to examine feminist activism for building and sustaining constituencies through raising, negotiating and legitimizing women’s voice under different contexts. Bringing together the reflections and experiences of feminist researchers and activists in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, this unique volume explores how various global trends, such as the development of transnational linkages, the rise of conservative forces, the NGOization of feminist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Feminisms and Development
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780329673
SKU
V9781780329673
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About Sohela Nazneen
Sohela Nazneen is a professor of international relations at University of Dhaka and a lead researcher at the BRAC Development Institute, BRAC University, Bangladesh. Maheen Sultan is one of the founders of the Centre for Gender and Social Transformation at the BRAC Development Institute, BRAC University, a regional centre on research, teaching and policy related to gender and social ... Read more
Reviews for Voicing Demands: Feminist Activism in Transitional Contexts
Political transitions are opportunities for feminists to renegotiate the terms of citizenship. But they have also seen the appearance of newly assertive, even militant patriarchies. This very timely volume of essays by experienced feminist scholar-activists brings authoritative and sobering reflections on the complexities of building authentic feminist constituencies in developing country contexts in which the imperatives of equal rights for ... Read more