Women and imperialism
Submitted on 27 May, 2008 - 17:30
6 Jun 2008 - 7:30pm
6 Jun 2008 - 9:00pm
Location:
Lucas Arms, 245a Gray's Inn Road, London
Description:
Women and imperialism
The need to liberate women has often been used by the big powers to justify wars of conquest and other imperialist adventures. Has resistance to imperialism brought freedom for women? How can we oppose imperialism, war, national oppression, racism and chauvinism without resorting to cultural relativism or failing to oppose oppression?
Reading to download here: Background article (important text for the general debate from 1980s) Challenging Imperial Feminism by Valerie Amos and Pratibha Parmar
Contemporary "opinion" on women in Afghanistan
More on request: email: socialist.feminist@gmail.com
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