Solidarities Beyond Borders

Transnationalizing Women's Movements

Edited by Pascale Dufour, Dominique Masson, and Dominique Caouette
Categories: Regional & Cultural Studies, Asian Studies, Social Sciences, Immigration, Emigration & Transnationalism, Anthropology, Political Science, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Women’s Studies
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774817950, 280 pages, August 2010
Paperback : 9780774817967, 280 pages, January 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774817974, 280 pages, January 2011
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774859523, 280 pages, August 2010
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Table of contents

Preface / Diane Matte

Introduction / Pascale Dufour, Dominique Masson, and Dominique Caouette

Part 1: Understanding Complex Transnationalization

1 Transnationalizing Feminist and Women’s Movements: Toward a Scalar Approach / Dominique Masson

2 Theorizing Feminist and Social Movement Practice in Space / Elsa Beaulieu

Part 2: Deepening Solidarities among Women and Women’s Issues

3 Framing Transnational Feminism: Examining Migrant Worker Organizing in Singapore / Lenore Lyons

4 The International Women and Health Meetings: Deploying Multiple Identities for Political Sustainability / Sylvia Estrada-Claudio

5 Transnational Activism and the Argentine Women’s Movement: Challenging the Gender Regime? / Débora Lopreite

Part 3: Stretching the Scope of Solidarities

6 Troubling Transnational Feminism(s) at the World Social Forum / Janet Conway

7 Bringing Feminist Perspectives to Transnational Collective Action in Southeast Asia / Dominique Caouette

8 Building Transnational Feminist Solidarity in the Americas: The Experience of the Latin American Network of Women Transforming the Economy / Carmen L. Díaz Alba

Conclusion / Dominique Masson and Pascale Dufour

Index

These timely case studies not only bring to light the opportunities and challenges that globalization poses for transnationalizing women’s movements, they offer important strategic, conceptual, and methodological lessons for all social movements.

Description

Scholars of social movements tend to overlook the achievements and political significance of women’s movements. Through theoretical discussions and empirical examples, Solidarities Beyond Borders demonstrates the creativity and dynamism of transnational feminist and women’s groups around the world. These timely case studies from North America, Latin America, and Southeast Asia explore the benefits and challenges of extending ties beyond national borders and disciplinary boundaries. The contributors not only bring to light the opportunities and challenges that globalization poses for transnationalizing women’s movements, they offer important strategic, conceptual, and methodological lessons for all social movements.