This ground-breaking collection interrogates protest camps as sites of gendered politics and feminist activism.
Drawing on case studies that range from Cold War women-only peace camps to more recent mixed-gender examples from around the world, diverse contributors reflect on the recurrence of gendered, racialised and heteronormative structures in protest camps, and their potency and politics as feminist spaces.
While developing an intersectional analysis of the possibilities and limitations of protest camps, this book also tells new and inspiring stories of feminist organising and agency. It will appeal to feminist theorists and activists, as well as to social movement scholars.
patriarchal abuse. In her appreciation for the refuge of the puʻuhonua, Mahelona also suggests how decision-making at the encampment reflected a distinctly Hawaiian approach to direct action and nation-building that is strongly intergenerational, poly-gendered and inclusive of the lāhui diverse abilities, skills and talents. Shortly after the release of ‘Decolonize Feminism’, she co-wrote an editorial with Dr Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua titled ‘Protecting Maunakea Is a Mission Grounded in Tradition’ ( 2019 ), which names many of the wāhine and māhū kiaʻi involved in creating
