Book, Feminisms: a global history[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. In this book, historian Lucy Delap builds an alternative history of feminism based on eight thematic axes, showing the plurality and complexities of the movement over the decades and in the most different regions of the world. Although the origin of feminism is often restricted to the narrative of “waves”, led by a restricted group of women, the movement was and continues to be global. Supported by solid research, historian Lucy Delap starts from eight major themes — dreams, ideas, spaces, objects, visuals, feelings, actions and songs — to examine the different ways in which women mobilized for gender equality around the world . Covering a wide range of revolutions, religions, empires and anti-colonial struggles, Feminismos unpacks the complexities of the movement, without leaving aside the central paradox that feminists also practiced their own exclusions, listening to certain voices and silencing others. By shedding light on these episodes and figures, Delap shows us how knowing the past can help guide the future of this struggle. "Masterful. […] Brilliantly reconstructs three centuries of activism on several continents.” — History Today “An original and comprehensive look at the global history of feminism, based on groundbreaking sources.” —LSE Review of Books