{"title":"Intersectional Feminist Activism and Practices of Transformation: Perspectives from Indian Feminisms","authors":"Rukmini Sen","doi":"10.1080/1554477x.2023.2247630","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"While it is true that there have been and continues to be multiple ways in which intersectional feminist agendas are invisibilized, it is equally important to foreground ways in which intersectional feminists affirm themselves as transformatory agents and create new directions in practice and pedagogy. This article will engage with three legal moments of intersectional feminist transformation: legislation on transgender persons (2019), an intersectional political mobilization against (contested) legislation on citizenship (2019–2020), and responses to a gang-rape on women from dalit community (2020). This article analyzes legislation, interprets posters and interviews given by participants in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act mobilizations, and uses newspaper archives to understand a narrative of invisibility. In conclusion, the article proposes ways that feminist assessments of intersectional political moments can provide a more holistic pedagogical practice in the teaching of intersectional feminisms.","PeriodicalId":46116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women Politics & Policy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Women Politics & Policy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477x.2023.2247630","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
While it is true that there have been and continues to be multiple ways in which intersectional feminist agendas are invisibilized, it is equally important to foreground ways in which intersectional feminists affirm themselves as transformatory agents and create new directions in practice and pedagogy. This article will engage with three legal moments of intersectional feminist transformation: legislation on transgender persons (2019), an intersectional political mobilization against (contested) legislation on citizenship (2019–2020), and responses to a gang-rape on women from dalit community (2020). This article analyzes legislation, interprets posters and interviews given by participants in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act mobilizations, and uses newspaper archives to understand a narrative of invisibility. In conclusion, the article proposes ways that feminist assessments of intersectional political moments can provide a more holistic pedagogical practice in the teaching of intersectional feminisms.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.