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Contained Empowerment and the Liminal Nature of Feminisms and Activisms
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2022
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Contained Empowerment and the Liminal Nature of Feminisms and Activisms examines the processes by which activist successes are limited and outlines a theoretical framing of the liminal and temporal limits to social justice efforts as “contained empowerment.” With a focused lens on the third wave and contemporary forms of feminism, the author investigates feminist activity from the early 1990s through responses and reactions to the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 and contrasts these efforts with anti-feminist, white supremacist, and other structural normalizing efforts designed to limit and repress women's, gendered, and reproductive rights. This book includes analyses of celebrity activism, girl power, transnational feminist NGOs, digital feminisms, and the feminist mimicry applied by practitioners of neo-liberal and anti-feminism. Victoria A. Newsom concludes that the contained nature of feminist empowerment illustrates how activists must engage directly with intersectional challenges and address the multiplicities of structural oppressions in order to breach containment.
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2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-1250-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-1251-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
360
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Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
Contained Empowerment No access
The Contained Embodiment of Feminist Activism No access
The Liminality of Feminist Waves No access
Metaphors of Containment No access
Digital Activism as an Echo Chamber No access
In/Visible Activism No access
The Containment of Digital Celebrity and Fan Activisms No access
Backlash and Mimicry as Carnivalesque Liminality No access
