Crossing Borders and Connecting Feminists
"Global Iran" and Solidarity Protests in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4735523 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esther Louie (0009-0008-2742-4766, Department of Comparative Literature University of California, Davis Davis California USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Digest of Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-4367 • E-ISSN: 1949-3606 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/dome.70006 |
| OpenAlex | W4414456607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
The death of Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, at the hands of Iran's Morality Police sparked months of protests, both domestically and internationally. This movement established "global Iran," an interconnected network of people from diverse ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds who mobilize across identity-based and geographic fault lines. In this paper, I examine the ways Latin American feminist groups blended with the Jina protests and joined global Iran. From a decolonial and transnational feminist theoretical lens, I argue that this blend connected people in its recognition of a collective struggle that acknowledges intersectional difference. My South-South approach focuses specifically on Mexico and Chile due to their histories of Iranian immigration and gender activism. I analyze the protests in these countries and demonstrate how they generated spaces of plurality. Moreover, I claim that Spanish, Persian, and Kurdish-language songs and chants established a decolonial and transnational feminist praxis of solidarity between diverse communities. While most scholarly discourse on the 2022 protests has analyzed the movement's effects on Iran or on the diaspora, I consider the transnational implications. In doing so, I emphasize the communal, rather than national or individual, element of the movement. Through transnational solidarity may we strive towards a life of freedom
Immigration · Latin Americans · Morality · Praxis · Solidarity · Islamic Studies and History · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society in Latin America
Mass Protests in Iran
A History of Modern Iran
Woman, Life, Freedom
Both Eastern and Western
The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism
The Making of Modern Iran
The Power of Unwanted Presence
Borderlands/La Frontera
Corpus Anarchicum
The Language of Protest
Feminism without Borders
What Iranians Want
Jineology
Becoming an “Intimate Publics”
The politics of veiling and unveiling
Chilean Feminism(s) in the 1990s Paradoxes of an Unfinished Transition
La protesta feminista en México. La misoginia en el discurso institucional y en las redes sociodigitales
Protest Anthems as Songs of Mourning
Iran’s uprisings for ‘Women, Life, Freedom
Can non-Persians speak? The sovereign’s narration of “Iranian identity
Women as Subject of Defiance and Everyday Politics of Hijab as Dress Code in Modern Iran
Surveiller et punir - Naissance de la prison
Embodying Revolution
Chilean and Transnational Performances of Disobedience
Writing the History of Women and Gender in Twentieth-Century Chile
Indigenous Women's Movements in Latin America
Performance feminista 'un violador en tu camino
Decolonizing Voices From Rojhelat
The Politics of Gender, Human Rights, and Being Indigenous in Chile
Digital Feminism beyond Nativism and Empire
Hashtag activism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |