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    Emancipatory Feminism in the Time of Covid-19

    Transformative resistance and social reproduction

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    Author(s)
    Azeez, Hawzhin
    Benya, Asanda
    Bischoff, Christine
    Cherry, Jane
    Cock, Jacklyn
    Hargreaves, Samantha
    Konik, Inge
    Mbithi, Jane Mueni
    Morgan, Courtney
    Ntlokotse, Ruth
    Phalatse, Sonia
    Satgar, Vishwas
    Sibeko, Busi
    Skosana, Dineo
    Contributor(s)
    Satgar, Vishwas (editor)
    Ntlokotse, Ruth (editor)
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    The Covid-19 pandemic threw into stark relief the multi-dimensional threats created by neoliberal capitalism. Government measures to alleviate the crisis were largely inadequate, leaving women – in particular working-class women – to carry the increased burden of care work while at the same time placing themselves in direct risk as frontline workers. Emancipatory Feminism in the Time of Covid-19, the seventh volume in the Democratic Marxism series, explores how many subaltern women – working class, peasant and indigenous – challenge hegemonic neoliberal feminism through their resistance to ordinary capitalist practices and ecological extractivism. Contributors cover women’s responses in a wide range of contexts: from women leading the defence of Rojava – the Kurdish region of Syria, to approaches to anti-capitalist ecology and building food secure pathways in communities across Africa, to championing climate justice in mining affected communities and transforming gender divisions in mining labour practices in South Africa, to contesting macro-economic policies affecting the working conditions of nurses. Their practices demonstrate a feminist understanding of the current systemic crises of capitalism and patriarchal oppression. What is offered in this collection is a subaltern women’s grassroots resistance focused on advancing and enabling solidarity-based political projects, deepening democracy, building capacities and alliances to advance new feminist alternatives.
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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64100
    Keywords
    Marxist/socialist feminism, ecofeminism, indigenous feminism, critique of (neo-)liberal feminism, emancipatory feminism, fourth wave feminism, Social Reproduction Theory, Covid-19, food security, social justice; social ecological feminism; women’s work; undervalue; reproduction of capitalism; how women contribute to the reproduction of capitalism
    DOI
    10.18772/22023078264
    ISBN
    9781776148264, 9781776148271, 9781776148295, 9781776148288, 9781776148301
    Publisher
    Wits University Press
    Publisher website
    http://witspress.co.za/
    Publication date and place
    Johannesburg, 2023
    Series
    Democratic Marxism,
    Classification
    Environmentalist thought and ideology
    Sociology: work and labour
    Pages
    264
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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