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Abstract
Women’s rights activists have claimed–and disowned–the label “feminist.” This article revisits old questions in feminist discourse and probes what feminism(s) mean today for women across the globe. It explores the possibility of a polyversal feminism which expresses women’s potential humanity and moves beyond divisions. The plural acts of resistance to Empire are neither western or non-western. Women activists are encouraged to radically pluralize, rather than liberally pluralize the concept of feminism.
Recommended Citation
Eisenstein, Zillah Ruth
(2004)
"What’s In A Name?: Seeing Feminism, Universalism, and Modernity,"
Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 22.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/wagadu/vol1/iss1/22
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