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Transnational feminisms in question

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ID4367328
AuthorsBreny Mendoza (California State University,, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume3
Issue3
Pages295-314
Publication date2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/146470002762492015
OpenAlexW1974561100
LanguageEN
Citations received79
References cited15

The article interrogates transnational feminisms as a concept and as a practice. It frames its analysis using contemporary theories of globalization and the older concept of global sisterhood as a backdrop to the concept of transnational feminism. To assess the practical dimension of transnational feminisms, the analysis focuses on women's rights as a human rights movement and the transnationalization of Latin American feminisms. The article suggests that, although transnational feminisms (particularly feminist postcolonial theories) envision themselves in a new frame and see themselves as committed to intersectional analysis and transversal politics, there are important gaps between the intentions (theory, tactics) and outcomes of their theory and practice

Feminist theory · Frame analysis · Global South · Intersectionality · Transversal (combinatorics · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Labor Movements and Unions

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