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Contained Empowerment and the Liminal Nature of Feminisms and Activisms

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 2022

Summary

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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Edition
1/2022
Copyright Year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-1250-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-1251-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
360
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Foreword No access
    3. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
    1. Contained Empowerment No access
    2. The Contained Embodiment of Feminist Activism No access
    3. The Liminality of Feminist Waves No access
    1. Metaphors of Containment No access
    2. Digital Activism as an Echo Chamber No access
    3. In/Visible Activism No access
    1. The Containment of Digital Celebrity and Fan Activisms No access
    2. Backlash and Mimicry as Carnivalesque Liminality No access
    3. Activism to Breach Containment No access
  2. Bibliography No access Pages 275 - 332
  3. Index No access Pages 333 - 358
  4. About the Author No access Pages 359 - 360

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