Decolonial Feminism

Francoise Verges is an activist and public educator. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of many books including Resolutely Black. Conversations with Aime Cesaire (Polity, 2019), The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism and Monsters and Revolutionaries: Colonial Family Romance and Metissage (Duke University Press, 2020). Ashley J. Bohrer is Assistant Professor of Gender and Peace Studies at the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Marxism and Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality under Contemporary Capitalism (transcript, 2019).

'Essential for highlighting the current divisions within feminist political agendas, and for collective reflection on a profound, radical transformation of society... Necessary reading.' -- 'Axelle n Degrees219' 'Develops a critical perspective on feminism to reconsider the conditions of possibility and purpose... resituates feminism in a truly political, emancipatory and critical dimension' -- Jean-Philippe Cazier, 'Diacritik' 'A powerful work' -- 'Les Inrocks' 'Incisive... an invitation to reconnect with the utopian power of feminism' -- Aurelien Maignant, 'Fabula'

• Preface to the English editionIntroduction: Invisible, They 'Open the City'1. Taking Sides: Decolonial Feminism2. Evolution of a 'Civilising' Feminism in the 21st CenturyNotes