Transnational Feminism in the United States - by Leela Fernandes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The acceleration of economic globalization and the rapid global flows of people, culture, and information have intensified the importance of developing transnational understandings of contemporary issues. Transnational feminist perspectives have provided a unique outlook on women's lives and have deepened our understanding of the gendered nature of global processes. <em>Transnational Feminism</em> <em>in the United States</em> examines how transnational perspectives shape the ways in which we create and disseminate knowledge about the world within the United States, and how the paradigm of transnational feminism is affected by national narratives and public discourses within the country itself. An innovative theoretical project that is both deconstructive and constructive, this bookinterrogates the limits of feminist thought, primarily through case studies that illustrate its power to create new fields of research out of traditionally interdisciplinary lines of inquiry. Leela Fernandes discusses ways to approach, analyze, and capture processes that exceed and unsettle the nation-state within the transnational feminist paradigm. Examining the links between power and knowledge that bind interdisciplinary theory and research, she shines new light on issues such as human rights as well as academic debates about transnational feminist perspectives on global issues. A thought-provoking analysis, <em>Transnational Feminism</em> <em>in the United States</em> powerfully contributes to the field of Women's Studies and related cross-disciplinary scholarship on feminist theory and gender from a global perspective.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Leela Fernandes focuses a sharp analytic lens on the representational practices, cross-border politics, and symbolic constructions of transnationalism within U.S. feminism. Her call for accountability and interrogation of feminist knowledge production is one that should be heard by all those interested in challenging inequalities and resisting disciplining tendencies within transnational feminist praxis.--Nancy Naples, author of Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty<br><br>Through this collection's five loosely connected essays...full of provocative arguments, Fernandes offers a cautionary analysis of the trajectory of 'transnational feminism' in women's studies in the U.S. academy.-- "WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly"<br><br>Unveiling the reproduction of the national in the transnational and the disciplining of interdisciplinarity, Fernandes deftly illustrates the minefields that women's and gender studies, postcolonial, and other interdisciplinary scholars traverse as they seek to produce transformative knowledge. Transnational Feminism in the United States is essential reading, ushering us into a more ethical practice of feminism and politics.--Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd, author of Gender, Race, and Nationalism in Contemporary Black Politics<br><br>Will help [readers] realize how transnational feminism has been influenced by the dominant language of human rights . . . [and]sharpens a critical sensibility on how to study women's issues globally.-- "Hypatia"<br><br>With a clear introduction that offers each chapters argument, this text is simultaneously challenging and approachable. It is accessible for specific purposes, as each essay can stand alone. The arguments are clearly and systematically laid out in this thoroughly research and articulate text.-- "Journal of American Culture"<br>
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