Intersectional Feminist Activism and Practices of Transformation

Perspectives from Indian Feminisms

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ID6409602
AuthorsRukmini Sen (0000-0001-8101-9886, Ambedkar University Delhi, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume44
Issue4
Pages422-431
Publication date2023-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1554477x.2023.2247630
OpenAlexW4386602031
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited8

While it is true that there have been and continues to be multiple ways in which intersectional feminist agendas are invisibilized, it is equally important to foreground ways in which intersectional feminists affirm themselves as transformatory agents and create new directions in practice and pedagogy. This article will engage with three legal moments of intersectional feminist transformation: legislation on transgender persons (2019), an intersectional political mobilization against (contested) legislation on citizenship (2019–2020), and responses to a gang-rape on women from dalit community (2020). This article analyzes legislation, interprets posters and interviews given by participants in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act mobilizations, and uses newspaper archives to understand a narrative of invisibility. In conclusion, the article proposes ways that feminist assessments of intersectional political moments can provide a more holistic pedagogical practice in the teaching of intersectional feminisms

Citizenship · Intersectionality · Invisibility · Legislation · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transgender · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law

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