Transnational Alliances
Radical U.S. Feminist Solidarity and Contention with Latin America, 1970-1989
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501216 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lindsey Churchill (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 10-26 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x09350761 |
| OpenAlex | W1972650904 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
An examination of U.S. feminists' attempts at solidarity and interactions with Latin American movements and activists between 1970 and 1989 focuses on two radical feminist organizations-the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) and the Women's International Resource Exchange (WIRE)-in order to illuminate the complicated nature of solidarity between First World and Third World feminism. Although solidarity with Latin America was central to many leftwing organizations during the 1970s and 1980s, the experience of radical feminist groups demonstrates how alliances of gender and sexuality altered these relationships of solidarity. Indeed, when socialist Cuba marginalized homosexuals, some radical feminists questioned which political identity to privilege-that of socialist or that of lesbian feminist
Alliance · Feminism · Human sexuality · Latin Americans · Lesbian · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing) · Sociology · Solidarity · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Race, History, and American Society
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |