Transnational Feminisms
Our reading group will use an interdisciplinary approach to critically consider the meanings and implications of contemporary transnational feminist theory and practice, as well as women’s movements and activism across the globe. We will study the impact of globalization on women’s lives in diverse cultures, interactions between the local and the global, and strategies for national and transnational resistance to oppression.


Titles:
Carole McCann and Seung-Kyung Kim, Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives

Marjorie Agosin, Women, Gender and Human Rights: A Global Perspective

Inderpal Grewal, Transnational America: Feminisms, Diasporas, Neoliberalisms

Hesford & Kozol , Just Advocacy? Women’s Human Rights, Transnational Feminisms, and the Politics of Representation

Nancy Naples & Manisha Desai, Women’s Activism and Globalization: Linking Struggles and Transnational Politics

Elizabeth McGrory & Amrita Basu, The Challenge of Local Feminisms: Women’s Movements in Global Perspective

Faculty Participants: Terri Carney, Margaretha Geertsema, Siobhan McEvoy-Levy, Ann Savage, Ageeth Sluis, and Kristin Swenson