Women, Social Change, and Activism

Dawn Hutchinson is senior lecturer of philosophy and religion at Christopher Newport University.Lori Underwood is professor of philosophy and dean of the College of Arts & Humanities at Christopher Newport University.

The editors of Women, Social Change and Activism did an excellent job bringing an array of chapters on topics ranging from women reproductive and sexual health to violence and displacement, ecofeminism, gender and sports, and migration. Using interdisciplinary approach the authors discuss women’s conditions in diverse social and political contexts and in various geographical locations. The book offers fresh perspectives on women’s lives and brings to the fore the voices of women from different social and racial backgrounds. The book contributes to our understanding and thinking across an array of cultural, historical and geographical contexts. The chapters reveal in a timely fashion how women have advanced and incited transformations in their respective societies. The book will be of great interest to students, activists, and researchers in the fields of women and gender studies as well as comparative politics.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Rebecca Irons, “State Silencing and Women’s Reproductive Health in Peru: Past Sterilization and Contemporary Concerns”Chapter 2: Carley Petersen Durden, “Proscripted, Prescripted or Unscripted? Authoring Melania Trump’s FLOTUS”Chapter 3: Christine L. Murphy, “Buddhism, Nationalism, and Gendercide: The Situation of the Rohingya Today”Chapter 4: Molly Kelly, “Strong “For a Girl”: Sports Science, Femininity, and Athletic Gatekeepers of Gender”Chapter 5: Dawn Hutchinson, “Ecofeminism: Global Advocacy for the Earth”Chapter 6: Ololade Faniyi, “A Discussion on African Feminisms as a Reaction Against Western-Oriented Feminism: Reviewing Darko’s Beyond the Horizon”Chapter 7: Paula Talero Alverez, “Resisting the Dichotomy Victim vs Agent: Theorizing Young Women’s Agency”Chapter 8: Liu Tingting, “Split Subjectivity of Female Migrants Born in the 1990s in China”Chapter 9: Emily Bertrand, “The Glass Slipper—One Size Fits All”Chapter 10: Diana Moore, “Transnational Women and Philanthropic Networks in Italian Unification and State Building”