{"product_id":"a-decolonial-feminism-9780745341125","title":"A Decolonial Feminism","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of an English PEN Award 2021! \u003cbr\u003e \"A feminist narrative of how decolonization is a never-ending struggle!\"--Veronica Gago, co-author of \u003ci\u003eA Feminist Reading of Debt\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For too long feminism has been co-opted by the forces they seek to dismantle. In this powerful manifesto, Francoise Verges argues that feminists should no longer be accomplices of capitalism, racism, colonialism, and imperialism: it is time to fight the system that created the boss, built the prisons, and polices women's bodies.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This text was written from a particular position: from within the current struggle for total liberation, from a long commitment to anti-patriarchal, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, and anti-imperialist struggle, and a long engagement with feminist theory and practices...\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Decolonial Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with the central issues in feminist debates today: from Eurocentrism and whiteness, to power, inclusion, and exclusion. Delving into feminist and anti-racist histories, Verges also assesses contemporary activism, movements, and struggles, including #MeToo and the Women's Strike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Centering anticolonialism and anti-racism within an intersectional Marxist feminism, the book puts forward an urgent demand to free ourselves from the capitalist, imperialist forces that oppress us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancoise Verges\u003c\/b\u003e is an activist and public educator. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of many books including Resolutely Black. Conversations with Aime Cesaire (Polity, 2019), The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism and Monsters and Revolutionaries: Colonial Family Romance and Metissage (Duke University Press, 2020). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshley J. Bohrer\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Gender and Peace Studies at the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Marxism and Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality under Contemporary Capitalism (transcript, 2019).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627150741778,"sku":"9780745341125","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_efa93dd1-e602-4131-8fbb-c9ebf32ae9fd.jpg?v=1732671964","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-decolonial-feminism-9780745341125","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}