Transnational Feminist Politics, Education, and Social Justice

Silvia Edling is Professor of Curriculum Theory at the University of Gavle, Sweden. She is the co-author of Democracy and Teacher Education (2020), Historical- and Moral Consciousness: Learning Ethics for Democratic Citizenship Education (2022), and co-editor of Professional Learning and Identities in Teaching: International Narratives of Successful Teachers (2021).Sheila Macrine is Professor of STEM Education and Teacher Development at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA. She is the author of Critical Pedagogy in Uncertain Times, 2nd ed (2020), and co-editor of Revolutionizing Pedagogy (2010) and Class in Education (2010).

A truly excellent book that constitutes essential reading for those who are trying to understand and grapple with the push and pull of radical movements and the work achieved by women who refuse to give in.

• Notes on ContributorsForeword, Antonia Darder (Loyola Marymount University, USA)Acknowledgements Introduction, Sheila L. Macrine (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA) and Silvia Edling (University of Gävle, Sweden)Part I: Overviews, Challenges and Possibilities1. Borders and Bridges: Securitized Regimes, Racialized Citizenship, and Insurgent Feminist Praxis, Chandra Talpade Mohanty (Syracuse University, USA)2. The Refugee Crisis is a Feminist Issue, Sheila L. Macrine (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA) and Silvia Edling (University of Gävle, Sweden)3. How the Neoliberal Ultraconservative Alliance in Brazil Threatens Women’s Lives: Learning to Fight and Survive, Inny Accioly (Fluminense Federal University, Brazil)4. The Antidemocratic Fantasmatic Logic of Right-Wing Populism: Theoretical Reflections, Gundula Ludwig (Bremen University, Germany)5. Technologies of Surveillance: A Transnational Black Feminist Analysis, K. Melchor Quick Hall (Fielding Graduate University, USA)6. Hot Rockin’ Vampires on Skateboards: Neoliberalism’s Feminism, Robin Truth Goodman ((Florida State University, USA)Part II: Contextualizations, Education and the Teacher Profession 7. Feminism and Anti-feminism in Sweden, in the Wake of #MeToo, Sarah Ljungquist (University of Gävle, Sweden)8. Suppression of Teacher’s Voices: Agency and Freedom within Neoliberal Masculinist Performativity, Geraldine Mooney Simmies (University of Limerick, Ireland)9. Marias, Marielles, Malês: Southern Epistemologies, Resistance and Emancipation, Maria Luiza Süssekind (ANPEd, Brazil) and Ines Barbosa de Oliveira (State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)10. The Greek Crisis and the Gender Gap: Reinforcing Connections between Education and Women’s Empowerment, Maria Nikolakaki (University of Peloponnese, Greece)11. The Emergence of the Anti-Gender Agenda in Swedish Higher Education, Guadalupe Francia (University of Gävle, Sweden)Conclusion, Silvia Edling (University of Gävle, Sweden) and Sheila L. Macrine (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA) ReferencesIndex