Título: Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power (Outspoken by Pluto)
Autor: Lola Olufemi
Sinopse: "I was blown away"—Angela Davis
"Reading her is to believe that another world is possible."—The Guardian
More than just a slogan on a t-shirt, feminism is a radical tool for fighting back against structural violence and injustice. Feminism, Interrupted is a bold call to seize feminism back from the cultural gatekeepers and return it to its radical roots.
Writer and organizer Lola Olufemi explores state violence against women, the fight for reproductive justice, transmisogyny, gendered Islamophobia and solidarity with global struggles, showing that the fight for gendered liberation can change the world for everybody when we refuse to think of it solely as women's work. Chapters include:
*Know your history
*The sexist state
*The fight for reproductive justice
*The savior complex: Muslim women and gendered Islamophobia
*Complicated consent: How to support sex workers
*The answer to sexual violence is not more prisons
*Feminism and food
*Solidarity is a doing word
Including testimonials from Sisters Uncut, migrant groups working for reproductive justice, prison abolitionists and activists involved in the international fight for Kurdish and Palestinian rights, Olufemi emphasizes the link between feminism and grassroots organizing. Reclaiming feminism from the clutches of the consumerist, neoliberal model, Feminism, Interrupted shows that when “feminist” is more than a label, it holds the potential for radical transformative work.
Olufemi writes in her Introduction, "Feminism is a political project about what could be. It’s always looking forward, investing in future we can’t quite grasp yet. It’s a way of swishing, hoping, aiming at everything that has been deemed impossible. It’s a task that has to be approached seriously. This book is for anyone who is beginning to think critically….If this book makes you pick up another book, or watch a documentary, search the archive, reach for a poetry book—if it spars or reignites your interest in feminism, then it has served its purpose."
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power (Outspoken by Pluto)”, de Lola Olufemi, publicado pela editora Pluto Press, em 2020 e com 160 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Pluto Press
Páginas: 160
Ano: 2020-03-20
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0745340067
ISBN13: 9780745340067
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Pluto Press convidam a uma leitura crítica e densa, com foco em temas políticos, sociais e históricos que atravessam conflitos contemporâneos e debates ideológicos. O catálogo privilegia narrativas que exploram tensões entre poder, resistência e movimentos sociais, frequentemente em contextos geopolíticos complexos, como o Oriente Médio, a Coreia e a diáspora africana. A linguagem tende a ser analítica e fundamentada, com um ritmo que combina relatos detalhados, análises aprofundadas e vozes de protagonistas reais, criando um clima de reflexão engajada e urgente. Há obras que adotam um tom mais investigativo e outras que se aproximam do ensaio político, mostrando diversidade dentro de um eixo temático coerente.
