Full Description
This book brings together a compelling collection of articles that delve into the multifaceted dimensions of feminist and LGBTQ organizing within contemporary social movements.
Through an array of case studies spanning diverse countries and continents—including South Africa, India, China, Taiwan, Italy, Spain, Rwanda, Canada, Switzerland, Scotland, and the United States—the volume examines the complex and sometimes contradictory dynamics of emotions, the body, and intersectionality in feminist and LGBTQ movements. The anthology also addresses pressing contemporary issues in feminist and LGBTQ mobilization, such as transgender grassroots organizing and gestational surrogacy, alongside themes like strategy, repertoires of action, and collective memory. By exploring mobilizing dynamics in both authoritarian and democratic contexts, the collection sheds light on a wide range of feminist issues, including women's health, marriage equality, body politics, and LGBTQ advocacy.
This book is an essential resource for students, scholars, activists and practitioners engaged in the fields of gender studies, sociology, political science, and social movement studies. It will particularly appeal to those interested in feminist and LGBTQ activism, intersectionality, and the evolving strategies of grassroots organizing across diverse cultural and political landscapes.
The chapters in this book were originally published in Social Movement Studies.
Contents
Introduction 1. Affective dimensions and the psychosocial work performed by naked body protests 2. Ambivalent effects of anger in Chinese feminists' refusal to patriarchal marriage and family 3. Fearful or fearless? The impact of fear on feminist activism 4. The revolution will wear burqas: feminist body politics and online activism in India 5. Diffusion of intersectionality across contemporary Spanish activism: the case of Las Kellys 6. Repertoires of action and collective memory: there-emergence of feminist self-managed health centers in Italy 7. Invoking intersectionality: discursive mobilisations in feminism of the radical left 8. Imagining sovereign futures: the marriage equality movement in Taiwan 9. Organizing under pressure: authoritarianism, respectability politics, and lgbt advocacy in Rwanda 10. "I Can be a Voice for People": meaning making among transgender grassroots organizers in the US Southeast 11. Framing and shaming: LGBT activism, feminism and the construction of 'gestational surrogacy' in Italy
