Why feminist dissent?

Rashmi Varma
,
Sukhwant Dhaliwal
,
Chitra Nagarajan

Institute of Applied Social Research (IASR)

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Sustainable Development Goals

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Abstract

This essay lays out the historical and intellectual lineage of the idea behind the journal Feminist Dissent. As the “Rushdie Affair” was both the backdrop and the catalyst for a group such as Women Against Fundamentalism, the current conjuncture characterized by an exponential expansion of fundamentalism, neo-liberal austerity, rollback of the rights of women and sexual minorities, and racist control of borders and migration has necessitated a different kind of analysis, one that is absent from academic and popular discourse at the moment. This essay is an attempt to propose a new way of looking at the intersection of gender and fundamentalism, and underscores the importance of highlighting dissent as a crucial feminist strategy.

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English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 1-32

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Feminist dissent (Volume 1)

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Published - 01/07/2016

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Published - 01/07/2016

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2398-4139

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handle.net: 10547/622004

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https://journals.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/feministdissent/article/view/6/17

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