Full Description
Beginning as an interview series for the journal Soundings, this collection has since grown into one of the most vibrant, interesting and accessible records of feminist theory and action in recent years. The conversations in Left Feminisms explore the complex relationships between the personal and the political. Academic and activist journeys of the interviewees are interwoven with analysis of social and cultural change and strategies for solidarity.
From discussions of the gendered dynamics of the far right in the US, to sexism and racism in UK academia, to organising against household debt in Argentina, the book offers a range of insights that traverse a broad spectrum of feminist politics in the twenty-first century. Including interviews with Nancy Fraser, Gargi Bhattacharyya, Sheila Rowbotham and Veronica Gago, this collection is an important archive in its own right. It will be indispensable to feminist activists, academics and anyone interested in the history and present of feminism on the left.
Contents
Introduction: Speaking of feminism
The fortunes of socialist feminism
Nancy Fraser
We do not have to be vicious, competitive, or managerial
Akwugo Emejulu
Every generation has to make its own women's movement
Sheila Rowbotham
We want ourselves alive and debt free!
Verónica Gago
Where the fires are
Wendy Brown
Democracy in the making
Lynne Segal
Municipalism and feminism then and now
Hilary Wainwright
Gender, race, class, ecology and peace
Vron Ware
We haven't got here just on our own. It's a conversation
Carol Tulloch
Beyond anti-welfarism and feminist social media mud-slinging
Angela McRobbie
It's not about academic life. That's what I have to tell you
Gargi Bhattacharyya
Feminism is a project, not an identity
Sylvia Walby
We need to look at how we can build bridges and build solidarity
Finn Mackay
This is a collective history that belongs to all of us
Sophia Siddiqui
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