{"product_id":"a-decolonial-feminism-paperback","title":"A Decolonial Feminism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancoise Verges\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAshley J. Bohrer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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). \u003c\/p\u003e\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).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768055038240,"sku":"9780745341125","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46609dc39c5c3b88c994f48aaaca50ba.webp?v=1780323666","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-decolonial-feminism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}