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Safer Spaces, Feminist Movements and Emotions

Affect into Action

Av Giada Bonu Rosenkranz

Del i serien The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture

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Drawing on participatory action research conducted in Italy and Spain among feminist spaces, this book examines the production of safer spaces and the underlying infrastructure of affect and emotions that shape, enable, and support collective action. Amid the prevailing backlash observed in various European countries, a new wave of feminist movements has emerged since 2015, emphasizing the significance of establishing secure physical spaces within urban settings to counteract the rising levels of inequality, gender-based violence, and economic crises. By challenging a binary understanding of safe spaces, this book presents a dynamic conceptualization of safety within feminist movements, employing an analysis of affect and emotion in collective action. This intricate emotional labor not only challenges traditional gender norms and the social structures that perpetuate them but also poses a critique of the prevailing economic model. Based on four years of ethnographic fieldwork (2017–2021), the argument of the book stems from participants’ involvement in the research process, incorporating constructivist grounded theory methods throughout data collection, concept development, and results dissemination. The book argues that the work on affect and emotions within feminist spaces has transformative effects, by increasing the potential for collective action.As such, it will appeal to scholars of political science and sociology with interests in social movements, gender, and democracy.
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Giada Bonu Rosenkranz is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Horizon project “FIERCE. Feminist movements revitilizing democracy in Europe,” at the Scuola Normale Superiore. After participating in the Master’s Program in Gender Studies and Politics at Roma Tre, she received her Ph.D. in political science and sociology from the Scuola Normale Superiore and is part of the Center on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos). Her research focuses on the relationship between feminist movements and democracy with a focus on participatory methodologies. She is part of the editorial board of the journal on feminist studies, DWF – donnawomanfemme.

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In this timely and compelling book, Giada Bonu Rosenkranz masterfully bridges feminist and social movement studies, illuminating the pivotal role of affect and emotions in feminist mobilization. Through rich empirical analysis of feminist spaces in Italy and Spain, she demonstrates how affective politics shape resistance and collective empowerment amidst conservative backlash. A must-read for scholars of gender, collective action, and emotions.Verta Taylor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Feminist Studies, University of California Santa BarbaraSet in a time of growing anti-gender sentiment, Rosenkranz offers nuanced insights into how feminist activism continues. Centering affect and emotions, she reveals the transformative power of feminist safer spaces. An important read for all concerned with the increase in anti-feminism and democratic backsliding, as well as how feminists continue to resist in such times.Jo Reger, Professor of Sociology, Oakland UniversityThis groundbreaking book reveals how feminist theory enriches social movements theory by applying affect approaches to analyze feminist spaces in Italy and Spain. It highlights the transformative power of feminist affect-inspired collective action that envisions deep democracy in practice advocating social value over market-driven ones. Essential reading for scholars of politics, sociology, feminism, and democracy!Emanuela Lombardo, Associate Professor of Political Science, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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