Where We Stand

The instant bestseller from Djamila Ribeiro that sparked a major Black feminist movement in Brazil
 
“Part theory, part manifesto, part history. . . . [Where We Stand] has the makings of a truly modern feminist classic.”—Literary Hub
 
In a society shaped by the legacies of enslavement, white supremacy, and sexism, who has the right to a voice? In this elegant essay, Djamila Ribeiro offers a compelling intervention into contemporary discussions of power and identity: the concept of “speaking place.” A crucial component of conversations on race and gender in Brazil, speaking place is the idea that everyone has a social position in the world and that what we are able to say, and how it is received by others, depends on it. Ribeiro traces the history of Black feminist thought through several centuries, examining the ways that Black women have been silenced, ignored, and punished for speaking.
 
Building on feminist standpoint theory, and in conversation with the works of Sojourner Truth, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and others, Ribeiro invites all of us to recognize where we stand, to imagine geographies different from those we’ve inherited, and to speak a more humane world into being.

Info autore

Djamila Ribeiro; Translated from the Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan; Foreword by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Djamila Ribeiro
• Con la collaborazione di: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Prefazione), Padma Viswanathan (Traduzione)
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.08.2024
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
• EAN: 9780300269642
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26964-2
• Numero di pagine: 104
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14 x 20 x 1.5 cm
• Serie: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
• Categorie: Brazil, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Feminism & feminist theory, Sociology & anthropology, Feminism and feminist theory, Sociology and anthropology, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage