Transnational Feminist Politics, Education, and Social Justice: Post Democracy and Post Truth

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Written by an international all-female group of academics and activists, this book argues that xenophobia, racism, patriarchy and nationalism, and their convergences with conservatism and neoliberalism, can be fought with transnational feminist politics and emancipatory educational praxis. Showcasing new research from Australia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland and Sweden, and the USA, the chapter authors argue for a new feminist politics centered on education and social justice. The chapters cover a broad range of international contexts, including the immigration crisis in the USA, the movement of rural women workers in Brazil, the role of education in women’s empowerment after the Greek financial crisis, and #MeToo and masculinity in a group of teacher-students in Sweden. In each of these contexts, and within the current political climate characterized by neoliberal policies and conservatism, it is clear that white men are benefiting, while women, people of color and minority groups are paying the price. This book offers new ways of combating this oppression and helps us to better understand the current political and social landscape. The book includes a foreword by the renowned feminist-activist and academic, Antonia Darder (Loyola Marymount University, USA). Cover Contents Notes on Contributors Foreword Antonia Darder Acknowledgments Transnational Feminist Politics, Education, and Social Justice Sheila L. Macrine and Silvia Edling Part 1 Overviews: Challenges and Possibilities 1 Borders and Bridges Chandra Talpade Mohanty 2 The Refugee Crisis Is a Feminist Issue Sheila L. Macrine and Silvia Edling 3 How the Neoliberal Ultraconservative Alliance in Brazil Threatens Women’s Lives: Learning to Fight and Survive Inny Accioly 4 The Antidemocratic Fantasmatic Logic of Right-Wing Populism: Theoretical Reflections Gundula Ludwig 5 Technologies of Surveillance: A Transnational Black Feminist Analysis K. Melchor Quick Hall 6 Hot Rockin’ Vampires on Skateboards Robin Truth Goodman Part 2 Contextualizations: Education and the Teacher Profession 7 Feminism and Anti-feminism in Sweden, in the wake of #MeToo Sarah Ljungquist 8 Suppression of Teacher’s Voices: Agency and Freedom within Neoliberal Masculinist Performativity Geraldine Mooney Simmie 9 Marias, Marielles, Malês: Southern Epistemologies, Resistance and Emancipation Maria Luiza Süssekind and Ines Barbosa de Oliveira 10 The Greek Crisis and the Gender Gap: Reinforcing Connections between Education and Women’s Empowerment Maria Nikolakaki 11 The Emergence of the Anti-gender Agenda in Swedish Higher Education Guadalupe Francia Conclusion Silvia Edling and Sheila L. Macrine Notes References Index