Description
| Product ID: | 9780520390911 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Bury the Corpse of Colonialism |
| Subtitle: | The Revolutionary Feminist Conference of 1949 |
| Authors: | Author: Elisabeth B. Armstrong |
| Page Count: | 206 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Social & cultural history, Colonialism & imperialism, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Marxism & Communism, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An intimate look at the 1949 Asian Women’s Conference, the movements it drew from, and its influence on feminist anticolonialism around the world. In 1949, revolutionary activists from Asia hosted a conference in Beijing that gathered together their comrades from around the world. The Asian Women’s Conference developed a new political strategy, demanding that women from occupying colonial nations contest imperialism with the same dedication as women whose countries were occupied. Bury the Corpse of Colonialism shows how activists and movements create a revolutionary theory over time and through struggle—in this case, by launching a strategy for anti-imperialist feminist internationalism. At the heart of this book are two stories. The first describes how the 1949 conference came to be, how it was experienced, and what it produced. The second follows the delegates home. What movements did they represent? Whose voices did they carry? How did their struggles hone their praxis? By examining the lives of more than a dozen AWC participants, Bury the Corpse of Colonialism traces the vital differences at the heart of internationalist solidarity for women’s emancipation in a world structured through militarism, capitalism, patriarchy, and the seeming impossibility of justice. |
| Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-14 |
