Weekday class: Due Monday, 5/12
Friday class: Due 5/16
Transnational Feminism
Read the following website on Transnational Feminism. Please be sure to watch the videos as well, because it will help put the website into context.
Now read about the controversial Russian activist group, Pussy Riot here and here and why their protest is so important.
Be prepared do discuss the following questions in class:
1. Define "transnational feminism"? Why is it so important?
2. How can we apply Transnational Feminism to Pussy Riot's struggles? What do you think of how the Russian government has dealt with Pussy Riot's activism? Would an organization like Pussy Riot be incarcerated for their actions here in the United States? Why or why not?
3. What other global issues should we examine through a Transnational lens?
We will read the following essay, "Critical Transnational Feminist Praxis" by M. Jaqui Alexander and Chandra Talpade Mohanty, in class, but take a look at it beforehand and become acquainted with it.
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