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To exist is to resist, Black feminism in Europe, edited by Akwugo Emejulu and Frencesca Sobande

Label
To exist is to resist, Black feminism in Europe, edited by Akwugo Emejulu and Frencesca Sobande
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
To exist is to resist
Responsibility statement
edited by Akwugo Emejulu and Frencesca Sobande
Sub title
Black feminism in Europe
Summary
In a divided continent, women of colour come together to make a Black Europe visible
Table Of Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Part I Introduction; 1. Introduction: On the Problems and Possibilities of European Black Feminism and Afrofeminism; Part II Resistance, solidarity and coalition-building; 2. The Collective Mobilisation of African Women in Athens 'United We Stand'; 3. Making Space: Black and Womxn of Colour Feminist Activism in Madrid; 4. Those Who Fight For Us Without Us Are Against Us: Afrofeminist Activism in France; 5. Afro Women's Activism in Belgium: Questioning Diversity and Solidarity; 6. A Black Feminist's Guide to Improper ActivismPart III Emotions, affect and intimate relations7. Revisiting the Home as a Site of Freedom and Resistance; 8. Uses of Black/African Literature and Afrofeminist Literary Spaces by Women of Colour in French-Speaking Switzerland; 9. 'Blackness Disrupts My Germanness.' On Embodiment and Questions of Identity and Belonging Among Women of Colour in Germany; 10. Love & Affection: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship Between Women of Colour; 11. Black Pete, Black Motherhood and Womanist Ethics; 12. Warriors and Survivors: The Eartha Kitt Files; Part IV Surviving the academy13. In the Changing Light Daring to be Powerful; 14. Cruel Ironies: The Afterlife of Black Womxn's Intervention; 15. Creating a Space Within the German Academy; 16. A Manifesto for Survival; 17. At the Margins of Institutional Whiteness: Black Women in Danish Academia; 18. Africanist Sista-hood in Britain: Creating Our Own Pathways; Part V Digital and creative labour; 19. But Some of Us Are Tired: Black Women's 'Personal Feminist Essays' in the Digital Sphere; 20. Coming to Movement: African Diasporic Women in British Dance21. Through Our Lens: Filming Our Resistance. Does the Future Look Black in Europe?22. When We Heal: Creative Practice as a Means of Activism and Self-Preservation; Notes on Contributors; Index

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