Feminisms in Movement: Theories and Practices from the Americas (Gender Studies)

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Contents
Introduction
	A Long Legacy of Resistance to Colonial and Gendered Oppressions
	Reading Feminisms in the Americas: Temporality, Movement, and Embodied Experiences
	Feminisms in Dialogue
	Coloniality of Gender
	Black Feminism and Intersectionality
	Methodologies and Pedagogies of Resistance
		References
Part I Theorizations and Epistemic Dialogues
	The Coloniality of Gender
		The Coloniality of Power
		Intersexuality
		When Egalitarianism Takes a Non‐Gendered or a Gynecentric Form
		Non‐Gendered Egalitarianism
		Gynecratric Egalitarianism
		The Colonial/Modern Gender System
			References
	Coloniality and Modern Patriarchy
		Duality and Binarism‐Verisimilitudes between the ‘Egalitarian’ Gender of Coloniality/Modernity and its Hierarchical Counterpart of the Pre‐Intrusion Order
		Indigenous and Afro‐American Societies as ‘Low‐intensity’ Patriarchies
		Totalitarianism of the Public Sphere and the Domesticization of Women
		The Administrative and Pornographic Colonial Gaze
		Gender as a Hierarchical Duality in the Mallkus, vs. Modern Binarisms
		Gender Dualism vs. Western Individualization and Heteronormativity
		Coloniality as the Depoliticization of the Domestic Space
		Ethnic and Communitarian Citizenship: “Unequal but Different”
			References
	A Decolonial Critique of Feminist Epistemology Critique
		References
	From the Center to the Margins, (Re)Politicizing Intersectionality
		Introduction
		I. Genealogies of Intersectional Thought
		II. Intersectional Paths from the Margin to the Center
		III. The Uses of Intersectionality as an Analytical Category
		IV. Back to the Margins: Decolonizing the Uses of Intersectionality
			References
	The Feminist and Decolonial Pedagogy of Lélia Gonzalez and Sueli Carneiro
		Doing, Thinking, and Engaging in Intersectional Dialogues
		Of the Capacity to Act as Historical Subjects
		Constructing and Fomenting a Critical Capacity
		The Healing Power of this Pedagogy
		Final Remarks
			References
	Gender‐Based Political Violence as a Global Phenomenon
		Introduction
		Conceptualizations: Gender‐Based Political Violence and Violence Against Women in Politics
		Violence Against Women in Politics in Brazil: a Political Feminicide, and a New Bill
		Gender‐Based Political Violence: A Global Phenomenon
			References
	An Analysis of the 11J Protests in Cuba from a Black Feminist Criminal Abolitionist Perspective
		Black Feminist Contributions to Penal Abolitionism
		Punitivism and the 11J Protests in Cuba
		Community and Feminist Initiatives after the 11J Social Outburst
		Conclusion
			References
				Audiovisual Material
				Interviews
	Territory Body – Body Territory
		1. Decolonizing Bodies from Feminism
		2. Decolonizing Concepts
			2.1 What is Patriarchy According to Abya Yala Communitarian‐Feminism?
			2.2 What is the Ancestral Patriarchy?
		3. Decolonizing Time
		4. Colonial Penetration and Interlocking Patriarchies [Entroque Patriarcal]
			4.1 Interlocking Patriarchies [Entroque Patriarcal]
		5. The Planetary System of Patriarchal Domination
			References
Part II Embodied Experiences and Knowledge Productions
	Ties that Bind
		Gendered Political Socialization
		Black Women as Ambitious and Emergent Political Candidates
		Methods and Data
		Family as Influencers
			Supportive Mother
			Father as Political Inspiration
			No Family Support
		Conclusion
			References
	“Vamos destruir esse patriarcado, eu creio!”
		Introduction
		The Landscape of Feminist Instagram Accounts in the Americas
		Who Are the Women Running the Accounts?
		Feminist Articulations on Social Media as an Expression of a Democratic Culture
		Feminism in Practice: From Individual Growth to Collective Struggle
			Feminism as Personal Growth
			Feminism as a Collective Struggle
			From Politics to Trivia
		Guiding Themes and Issues
			Deconstruction as a Feminist Practice
			Intersectionality
		Regional Similarities and Differences
		Visibility and Representation
		Feminist Practices on Social Media as an Ongoing Conversation
			References
	Intersectional Praxis and Socio‐Political Transformation at the Colombian Truth Commission in the Caribbean Region
		1. Introduction
		2. Intersecting Inequality and Conflict Dynamics 
in the Colombian Caribbean Region
		3. From Theory to Praxis
		4. Healing‐Deconstructing the Body‐Territory: from the Inside Out and Vice Versa
			Many Debates, Not Enough Applications?
			References
	Reconstructing Women’s Contemporary Political Struggles across the Central American Region
		Introduction
		“The River Told Me”, the Political Struggle of Berta and the COPINH in Honduras
		Mothers of April: Constructing Memories and Politicizing Motherhood
		Final Reflections
			References
	Writing Western Nicaragua’s LGBTQ+ History
		Introduction
		Mestizaje and Vanguardismo
		More Recent Histories of Nicaragua
		Conclusion
			References
	Conceptual Tensions within a Cuir [Queer]-Feminist Sociological Approach to Sexuality in Mexico
		Introduction: From Queer Theory to Cuir Theory
		Translations, Debates and Displacements of Queer Theory Through the Global South
		The Sociology of Sexuality
		Cuir Sociology? Concluding Remarks from a Conceptual‐Tension Viewpoint
			References
	“May Our Voice Echo”
		1. “She Fired Me, Calling Me a Little Black Slum Girl”
		2. “I Used to Feel Almost Like an Animal Eating the Remains of the ‘Royal’ Table”
		3. “I Just Felt the Chills, Wanted to Throw Up and Cry”
			References
	Indigenous Literature and Ecofeminism in Brazil
		Strong Female Voices of the Movement of Contemporary Literature and Literary Criticism of Brazil
		Ecofeminism
			References
	Environmental Knowledges in Resistance
		1. Introduction
		2. Modernity/Coloniality, Gender, and Environment
		3. Knowledge Mobilization and Production: Towards a Politics of the Ordinary
		4. Final Thoughts
			References
Part III Feminist Conversations
	Set Fear on Fire!
	Marielle Presente!
	Feminist Activism and Constitutional Change in Chile
	“Rap is Our Best Feminist Tool”
	Memory, Re‑Imagination and Commemoration
	Intuitive Feminism
		Feminismo Intuitivo
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