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This book investigates how the story of the 19th century abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth has come to be an iconic feminist story, and explores the continued relevance of this story for contemporary feminist debates in general, and intersectionality scholarship in particular.
List of contents
Introduction: Travels with Truth
1. Beyond the Historical Truth? Feminist Knowledges as Travelling Truths
2. Intersectionality as Travelling Theory: European Intersectionality Debates
3. Ain't I a Woman? Feminist Theory and the Unstable Subject of 'Woman'
4. Post/Secular Truths: Sojourner Truth at the Intersections of Gender, Race and Religion
5. Post/Socialist Truths: Thinking Through Sojourner Truth and Alexandra Kollontai
Conclusion: A Personal and Academic Travelogue
About the author
Katrine Smiet is Assistant Professor of Gender and Diversity Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Her research interests include feminist philosophy, historiography of feminist ideas, and intersectionality.
Summary
This book investigates how the story of the 19th century abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Sojourner Truth has come to be an iconic feminist story, and explores the continued relevance of this story for contemporary feminist debates in general, and intersectionality scholarship in particular.
