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Comparing and contrasting Caribbean, African American and Black South African feminist strategies

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Comparing and contrasting Caribbean, African American and Black South African feminist strategies

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Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: A, University of the West Indies (institute of Gender and Development Studies), course: Political Activism, language: English, abstract: This piece compares and contrasts Caribbean feminist strategies (past and present) to those employed by African American and black South African Women in their respective movements from a historical context. For the last two decades women have organized movements against violent institutions that oppress them. They created simple strategies and bonds that brought them together through their shared and lived experiences and have come to challenge political, cultural and historical policies that oppress women. With the rise of different feminist branches worldwide such as; Caribbean feminism, African American feminism and Black South African feminism, women began to rely on each other for support and strength to challenge the institutional notion of patriarchy that they were subjected to. Black feminism exploded in the 1960s in response to gendered issues and racism that stemmed from the civil rights movement. “Problematising race and exposing how racist practices complicate all other social relations of power is a central organising principle of black feminist theorising” (Barriteau, 2003). While these three branches of feminism developed in different time periods and differ in theory and objectives, the strategies used and implemented by women in these movements are quite similar.

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Gender is not a fact. A critical assessment of of Judith Butler's view

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Gender is not a fact. A critical assessment of of Judith Butler's view

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Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: A critical assessment of the view of Judith Butler that gender is not a fact, using the relevant examples, including documentaries and other academic sources. The politics of gender continues to facilitate complex discourse of why, when and how gender is constructed and has attracted a plethora of theories. With third wave feminism being more inclusive of gender diversity the idea of gender as a social construct became a popular argument, as explored by Judith Butler in her book 'Gender Trouble. Butler looks at a new way of approaching sex and gender construct, as opposed to the traditional heterosexualized notion of masculinity and femininity. Like many other scholars, theorists and feminists such as Michel Foucault, Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich, Butler presents the argument that gender should be seen as fluid and adapt to our behavior and mannerisms at different times and in different situations rather than a rigid definition of who we are as gendered beings. Butler's entire argument of gender is centered on the idea of deconstructing the historical definition of gender, so as to move toward a more inclusive and equal society; one where we are not limited to feminine and masculine constructs. While many argue that gender is a biological, biosocial construct that is influenced by nature, work by Butler and other theorists, as well as the lived experiences of different human beings from various cultures, support the idea that gender is indeed not a fact but rather a socially constructed theory.

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Comparing and contrasting Caribbean, African American and Black South African feminist strategies

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Comparing and contrasting Caribbean, African American and Black South African feminist strategies

Comparing and contrasting Caribbean, African American and Black South African feminist strategies

Gender is not a fact. A critical assessment of of Judith Butler's view

Gender is not a fact. A critical assessment of of Judith Butler's view

Comparing and contrasting Caribbean, African American and Black South African feminist strategies

Comparing and contrasting Caribbean, African American and Black South African feminist strategies

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