Nego‐Feminism: Theorizing, Practicing, and Pruning Africa’s Way

Nnaemeka, Obioma

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“…I do not take a stance on whether ideal theory is inherently colonial here; I show only that it comes to serve imperialist ends in a colonial epistemic context. 3 For further discussion of the ways in which cultural essentialism and cultural explanations produce distorting normative judgments about the lives of "other" women, see Jaggar (2005), Narayan (1997), Nnaemeka (2003), Hale (2005), Volpp (2001), andAbu-Lughod (2002). oppression of "other" women by blocking questions about the role transnational political and economic processes may have played.…”

Section: Ideal Theory Colonial Epistemic Practices and Culture-rmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transnational Feminisms, Nonideal Theory, and “Other” Women’s Power

Khader

2017

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Postcolonial and transnational feminists’ calls to recognize “other” women’s agency have seemed to some Western feminists to entail moral quietism about women’s oppression. Here, I offer an antirelativist framing of the transnational feminist critiques, one rooted in a conception of transnational feminisms as a nonideal theoretical enterprise. The Western feminist problem is not simple ethnocentrism, but rather a failure to ask the right types of normative questions, questions relevant to the nonideal context in which transnational feminist praxis occurs. Instead of asking which forms of power are gender-justice-enhancing, Western feminists are fixated on contrasting “other” cultures to an idealized Western culture. A focus on ideal theorizing works together with colonial epistemic practices to divert Western feminist attention from key questions about what will reduce “other” women’s oppression under conditions of gender injustice and ongoing imperialism. Western feminists need to ask whether “other” women’s power is resistant, and answering this question requires a focus on what Amartya Sen would call “justice enhancement” rather than an ideal of the gender-just culture. I show how a focus on resistance, accompanied by a colonialism-visibilizing hypothesis and a normative vision that allows multiple strategies for transitioning out of injustice, can guide Western feminists toward more appropriate questions about “other” women’s power.

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Section: Ideal Theory Colonial Epistemic Practices and Culture-rmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The path to genuine cross-border feminist engagement lies in recognizing the nonideal character of transnational feminist praxis. Nnaemeka (2003) for an argument that Okin's focus on veiling causes her to ignore the extent to which Muslim women in France see poverty as a more pressing issue.…”

Section: Resistance Under Nonideal Conditions and Justice-enhancmentioning

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Transnational Feminisms, Nonideal Theory, and “Other” Women’s Power

Khader

2017

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“…A partir de ahí, llegan a nuestros días las obras de otras autoras -Oyewumi (2002), Mekgwe (2006), Nnaemeka (2004), etc.-que, conscientes del peso de los legados coloniales, reflexionan sobre cómo esa herencia ha influido en la configuración del pensamiento feminista africano. La conclusión a la que llegan es que conviene deconstruir el pensamiento feminista occidental y analizar las relaciones de poder, superando con ello la «trampa colonial» que implica estar constantemente definiéndose como la «otra» no occidental (Mekgwe, 2006).…”

Section: Breve Excursus Al Feminismo Africanounclassified

“…De este modo, se asume una perspectiva interseccional en la que el género se cruza con la clase, la raza, la etnia, en un ejercicio de deconstrucción epistémica de mayor alcance, que implica un ejercicio de autodenominación -Politics of naming-para visibilizar un conocimiento «diferentemente situado» y poner rostro a la riqueza interna del debate feminista africano de cara a la consolidación de nuevas subjetividades no hegemónicas (Nnaemeka, 2004).…”

Section: Breve Excursus Al Feminismo Africanounclassified

Feminismo poscolonial y hegemonía occidental: una deconstrucción epistemológica

Díaz¹

2017

Dossiers

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RESUMENEl objetivo del presente artículo consiste en presentar las líneas maestras del feminismo poscolonial, el cual se articula hoy como una alternativa teórica de carácter crítico al feminismo hegemónico o etnocéntrico. Se analizan los principales avances conceptuales y epistemológicos que han cristalizado en dicho feminismo poscolonial, con especial atención en el feminismo africano. La crítica a la lógica bivalente, al etnocentrismo metodológico y al espíritu colonialista de la Modernidad ilustrada europea vertebra la exposición sistemática que se hace de las diversas propuestas nacidas de los «feminismos periféricos». En última instancia, se propone una resignificación de las categorías fundamentales del pensamiento feminista, bosquejándose así una visión alternativa de la política, los Derechos Humanos y la emancipación social. Palabras clave: feminismo, colonialismo, poscolonialismo, poder, género, raza. ABSTRACTThe aim of this article is to present the main lines of postcolonial feminism, which is articulated today as a theoretical critical alternative to the hegemonic or ethnocentric feminism. We analyze the main conceptual and epistemological advances that have crystallized in this postcolonial feminism, paying particular attention to African feminism. Criticism of bivalent logic, methodological ethnocentrism and colonialist spirit of the European Enlightenment Modernity articulates the systematic exposition of the various proposals derived from the «peripheral feminisms». Ultimately, a redefinition of the fundamental categories of feminist thought is proposed, while broadly outlined an alternative view of politics, human rights and social emancipation.

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“…In the identification and hiring processes for domestic work, the idea of "collectivism" in relation to the individual is emphasized (Wane, 2011). African feminists clarify that due to collectivism, the group is given precedence over the individual and, most importantly, decisions made by the community affect the individual (Chilisa, 2012;Nnaemeka, 2004;Wane, 2011). This is because African communities are relational.…”

Section: House Girls' Experiences In the Domestic Working Spacementioning

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Exploitation or Empowerment? Adolescent Female Domestic Workers in Uganda

Namuggala

2015

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Abstract:Women's participation in public employment spaces has emerged with new modes of domestic gender hierarchies, especially in the Global South. A new direction in child labor, especially in the domestic sphere, negatively affects female children. Drawing from a larger study that examined the experiences of employers and employees in domestic spaces, this article examines experiences of live-in adolescent female domestic workers, commonly referred to as "house girls", in Kampala, Uganda. Data were collected using qualitative methods that included individual interviews and life stories. Study findings reveal competing narratives pointing to both empowerment and exploitation of house girls. Using a feminist intersectional approach, I focus on gender, age, and location to trace the opportunities, challenges, and agency of the house girls. Using the household as the basic unit of analysis, I foreground the voices of house girls as they tell their lived experiences and survival strategies. My central argument is that domestic workers make a crucial contribution to the effective participation of women working outside the home. I conclude that sustainable empowerment of workers, both domestic and outside the home, hinges upon changes and transformations at the household level.

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Nego‐Feminism: Theorizing, Practicing, and Pruning Africa’s Way

Cited by 249 publications

References 14 publications

Transnational Feminisms, Nonideal Theory, and “Other” Women’s Power

Transnational Feminisms, Nonideal Theory, and “Other” Women’s Power

Feminismo poscolonial y hegemonía occidental: una deconstrucción epistemológica

Exploitation or Empowerment? Adolescent Female Domestic Workers in Uganda

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