Feminism, Multiracial

Feminist Studies, 1996

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Feminist Studies, 2002

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Hypatia, 2014

In this article, the authors set forth an articulation of women of color feminisms through a multidimensional conceptual lens comprised of three interconnected components: processes of identity-formation, assertion of intellectual political projects, and creating alternative methodological practices. The thinking together of these components offers a critique of Western, male-centered, and heteronormative dominant forms of philosophical knowledge that restrict scholarly interventions by women, people of color, and queers. The authors, through their collective, creative, and collaborative writing process, build on Mar ıa Lugones's work to argue that early women of color feminist formations offer foundational elements of decolonial forms of feminism (Lugones 2010). Implicit within this article is a recognition and tracing of intergenerational relations of "women of color" feminists and philosophers who have historically critiqued normative, colonial, and modern understandings of knowledge while constructing interdisciplinary and alternative spaces for theorizing and sustaining communities of resistance across constructed borders. Central goals of this article are to: 1. emphasize the complexities and contradictions of women of color feminisms; 2. highlight the three components of women of color feminisms along with their productive tensions; and 3. document the importance of creative collectivity in theorizing, building solidarity, and working toward sustaining struggles of radical transformation.

Gender & Society, 2005

This article examines the limitations of the sociological research on feminist identities and ideologies that ignores the intersection of race and gender. Drawing from multiracial feminist theorizing, the author asks, Is self-identification as feminist a biased indicator of the salience of feminism in African American women's lives? Do women's racial statuses mediate the relationship between particular life events and experiences and the extent to which they embrace feminism? and To what extent are racial differences important when considering what women understand feminism to be? To answer these questions, the author conducted multiple group analyses of structural equation models to analyze data from the 1996 General Social Survey. Her findings are consistent with multiracial feminist theories and suggest a need to rethink traditional approaches to feminist research so that women's differences are no longer marginalized.

Hypatia, 2014

In this article, the authors set forth an articulation of women of color feminisms through a multidimensional conceptual lens comprised of three interconnected components: processes of identity-formation, assertion of intellectual political projects, and creating alternative method- ological practices. The thinking together of these components offers a critique of Western, male-centered, and heteronormative dominant forms of philosophical knowledge that restrict scholarly interventions by women, people of color, and queers. The authors, through their collective, creative, and collaborative writing process, build on Marıa Lugones’s work to argue that early women of color feminist formations offer foundational elements of decolonial forms of feminism (Lugones 2010). Implicit within this article is a recognition and tracing of intergenerational relations of “women of color” feminists and philosophers who have histori- cally critiqued normative, colonial, and modern understandings of knowledge while construct- ing interdisciplinary and alternative spaces for theorizing and sustaining communities of resistance across constructed borders. Central goals of this article are to: 1. emphasize the complexities and contradictions of women of color feminisms; 2. highlight the three compo- nents of women of color feminisms along with their productive tensions; and 3. document the importance of creative collectivity in theorizing, building solidarity, and working toward sustaining struggles of radical transformation.

Communication Theory, 2000

Please note that I am not denying that earlier feminisms have been exclusionary. Bell hooks (1981) called White feminists to task for using "woman" to mean "White woman." Gubar (1998, p. 889; see also Scott, 1998) traces development of this antiessentialist rhetorical move through Audre Lorde, Hazel V. Carby, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, and others to display how "generalizations about 'women's experiences' perpetuated the negation of Black womanhood [and, by my extension, other raciauethnic groups] ." Carrillo Rowe's disenchantment with mainstream feminist work and unreflexiveness echoes the condemnation and challenges articulated by these feminists and current (women of color and White) feminist communication researchers. In their review of communication scholarship, Aldoory and Toth (in press) acknowledge that traditional feminist communication research not only has publicized inadequately the concerns of women of color, but also has further disenfranchised women of color and Third World women by neglecting economic class structures (see also C a l k & Smircich, 1996, for influences of colonialism on feminist research). Hegde (1998), too, justly criticizes the communication field for inattention to perspectives of women globally, to the "problems of universalizing the White condition" (p. 275), and to intersections of gender and race by noting that "the dialogue on global issues and minority perspectives has been very feebly registered in the field of communication" (p. 274). Current third wave feminists actively question complex intersections of sameness-difference and the category "woman" (e.g., Siegel, 1997).

Signs, 1997

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Black feminists have engaged in dialogue that confronts and transforms reactionary thinking and problematic performance projected toward Black women and other women of color. In accordance with Springer (2002), I posit that the "wave analogy" presented in support of white feminist discourse is both problematic and untenable to the roles of women of African descent as feminists. Hence, by restraining models of Black feminism into a Eurocentric bottle, or wave, universal categorization of feminism has obscured the historical role of race in feminist organizing. Roth (2004) introduces a typology of separate feminist movements engaged among African-American, Chicana, and White feminists. Parallel with Roth"s typology, I adopt a scheme of logic to expunge African-centered thought from the agenda of the traditionally defined "three waves" of feminism. I offer a brief history of a current/contemporary paradigm of Black feminist thought and liberatory feminism. This...

Explores the interconnections between race and gender in the US feminist movement and these interconnections to third world feminist concerns

Multicultural feminism adalah cabang dari teori feminis yang banyak mengkritik teori feminis yang cenderung mengabaikan interseksi dan menggeneralisir pengalaman perempuan dalam satu suara. Kuliah ini merupakan bagian dari kuliah Teori Feminis yang diselenggarakan oleh Program Studi Kajian Gender - Sekolah Kajian Stratejik dan Global Universitas Indonesia.