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Women's Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism situates late 20th century feminisms within a global framework of women's activism. Its chapters, written by leading international scholars, demonstrate how issues of heterogeneity, transnationalism, and intersectionality have transformed understandings of historical feminism. It is no longer possible to imagine that feminism has ever fostered an unproblematic sisterhood among women blind to race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality and citizenship status. The chapters in this collection modify the "wave" metaphor in some cases and in others re-periodize it. By studying individual movements, they collectively address several themes that advance our understandings of the history of feminism, such as the rejection of "hegemonic" feminism by marginalized feminist groups, transnational linkages among women's organizations, transnational flows of ideas and transnational migration.
Women. --- Women --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Feminism --- Second-wave feminism. --- Political activity --- History. --- Second wave feminism. --- History --- History of Feminism --- Women's activism --- Transnationalism --- Intersectionality --- Hisotrical Feminism --- Feminist Waves --- Gender Studies
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Mexico has become notorious for crime-related violence, and the efforts of governments and national and international NGOs to counter this violence have proven largely futile. Citizens against Crime and Violence studies societal responses to crime and violence within one of Mexico’s most affected regions, the state of Michoacán. Based on comparative ethnography conducted over twelve months by a team of anthropologists and sociologists across six localities of Michoacán, ranging from the most rural to the most urban, the contributors consider five varieties of societal responses: local citizen security councils that define security and attempt to influence its policing, including by self-defense groups; cultural activists looking to create safe 'cultural' fields from which to transform their social environment; organizations in the state capital that combine legal and political strategies against less visible violence (forced disappearance, gender violence, anti-LGBT); church-linked initiatives bringing to bear the church’s institutionality, including to denounce 'state capture'; and women’s organizations creating 'safe' networks allowing to influence violence prevention.
Crime prevention --- Minorities --- Violence --- Citizen participation. --- Crimes against --- Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) --- Social conditions. --- Mexico, crime-related violence, NGOs, violence, crime, Michoacán, comparative ethnography, anthropology, sociology, security council, security, policing, self-defense, cultural activism, visible violence, invisible violence, forced disappearance, gender violence, anti-LGBT, church, state capture, women organizations, safe networks, violence prevention, crime prevention, State Security, Sustainable Responses, mobilization, activist art, Institutional Violence, sex workers, Organized Crime, Women’s Activism, policy makers, Policy, Corruption.
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Buddhist traditions have developed over a period of twenty-five centuries in Asia, and recent decades have seen an unprecedented spread of Buddhism globally. From India to Japan, Sri Lanka to Russia, Buddhist traditions around the world have their own rich and diverse histories, cultures, religious lives, and roles for women. Wherever Buddhism has taken root, it has interacted with indigenous cultures and existing religious traditions. These traditions have inevitably influenced the ways in which Buddhist ideas and practices have been understood and adapted. Tracing the branches and fruits of these culturally specific transmissions and adaptations is as challenging as it is fascinating. Women in Buddhist Traditions chronicles pivotal moments in the story of Buddhist women, from the beginning of Buddhist history until today. The book highlights the unique contributions of Buddhist women from a variety of backgrounds and the strategies they have developed to challenge patriarchy in the process of creating an enlightened society. Women in Buddhist Traditions offers a groundbreaking and insightful introduction to the lives of Buddhist women worldwide.
Women in Buddhism. --- Buddhist women. --- Indian religions --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Women, Buddhist --- Women --- Buddhism --- Bhikkhuni. --- Buddhist acculturation. --- Buddhist activism. --- Buddhist cultures. --- Buddhist feminism. --- Buddhist nuns. --- China. --- Engaged Buddhism. --- Mahāprajāpatī. --- Mongolian Buddhism. --- Patriarchy. --- Saṅghamittā. --- South Asia. --- Southeast Asia. --- Tibetan Buddhism. --- Tibetan diaspora. --- Western Buddhism. --- bhikkhuni lineage. --- bhikkhuni ordination. --- bhikkhunī saṅgha. --- cultural adaptation. --- female renunciants. --- feminism. --- feminist reflection. --- gender anthropology. --- gender equity. --- geshe degree. --- monastic life. --- monastic ordination. --- nuns. --- ordination lineage. --- ordination lineages. --- religious legitimacy. --- religious women. --- renunciant women. --- social activism. --- social engagement. --- structural injustice. --- vinaya. --- women practitioners. --- women’s activism. --- women’s history. --- women’s movements. --- women’s ordination. --- Patriarchy --- Religion --- Feminist struggle --- Book
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