Intersectional (Feminist) Activisms - Global Practices and Experiences

The edited volume tackles two main questions: first, what are the main claims, struggles, and possibilities of contemporary intersectional feminisms; and second, how shall we, as scholars, address intersectional (feminist) activisms in our research - theoretically, methodologically, and empirically.

List of contents

Introduction - Bringing Activism Back In 1. Studying Latina Mobilization Intersectionally, Studying Latinas Mobilizing Intersectionality 2. Intersectional Feminist Activism and Practices of Transformation: Perspectives from Indian Feminisms 3. At the Intersections of Gender Inequality and State Fragility in Africa 4. De-Whitening Romani Women's Intersectional Experience 5. Affirming Fissures: Conceptualizing Intersectional 'Ethnic' Feminism in Aotearoa New Zealand 6. Intersectional Politics of the International Women's Strike 7. Confronting Anti-Muslim Racism and Islamism: An Intersectional Perspective on Muslim Women's Activism in Germany 8. Solidarity Through Difference? How Italian and Spanish LGBTQIA* Organizations Frame Solidarity Through an Intersectional Lens 9. Strategies of Resistance in the Everyday: The Political Approaches of Black Women Living in a Public Housing Development in Chicago 10. Feminists, Nationalist, Combatants, Activists. A Conversation with Vjosa Musliu on the Multi-Faceted Role of Women in Kosovo

About the author

Serena D'Agostino is Senior Researcher in Political Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium. Her work has been published in the European Journal of Politics and Gender, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, and Politics, Groups, and Identities, among others.
Nadia E. Brown is Professor of Government and Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. She is co-author of Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites (2021).

Product details

• Authors: Serena (Vrije Universiteit Brussel Dagostino
• Assisted by: Serena D’Agostino (Editor), Nadia E. Brown (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032749259
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274925-9
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Feminism & feminist theory, Gay & Lesbian studies, Feminism and feminist theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity