High-Risk Feminism in Colombia: Women's Mobilization in Violent Contexts
Julia Margaret Zulver
(Author)
Description
High-Risk Feminism in Colombia documents the experiences of grassroots women's organizations that united to demand gender justice during and in the aftermath of Colombia's armed conflict. In doing so, it illustrates a little-studied phenomenon: women whose experiences with violence catalyze them to mobilize and resist as feminists, even in the face of grave danger. Despite a well-established tradition of studying women in war, we tend to focus on their roles as mothers or carers, as peacemakers, or sometimes as revolutionaries. This book explains the gendered underpinnings of why women engage in feminist mobilization, even when this takes place in a 'domain of losses' that exposes them to high levels of risk. It follows four women's organizations who break with traditional gender norms and defy armed groups' social and territorial control, exposing them to retributive punishment. It provides rich evidence to document how women are able to surmount the barriers to mobilization when they frame their actions in terms of resistance, rather than fear.
Product Details
Price
$172.50
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Publish Date
May 13, 2022
Pages
194
Dimensions
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Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781978827103
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About the Author
JULIA MARGARET ZULVER is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford in the UK and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Reviews
"Using the idea of 'high risk feminism' allows Julia Zulver to unpack the multiple risks faced by women activists and the strategies and reasonings they deploy to defend their rights as women. Considering the ongoing gendered violence and dispossession in Colombia and Latin America, understanding and supporting feminist activism is more important than ever."--Jelke Boesten "co-editor of Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration an"
"High-Risk Feminism in Columbia provides a new explanation of why women engage in feminist mobilization despite the high risks...Through detailed and conscientious documentation of four women's organizations, Julia Zulver paints an impressive picture of feminist agency in violent contexts. The book is theoretically innovative and based on a compelling methodology and impressive empirics... [I]ts insights are relevant for a wide range of contexts, such as Afghanistan, Kenya, or the Philippines. Other peace scholars will surely take up the original framework that Zulver proposes in order to advance our knowledge of feminist mobilization."--Peace Studies section "International Studies Association"
"High Risk Feminism in Colombia is a much-needed contribution to our understanding of why, how, and when women engage in gender justice struggles (feminisms), even in contexts where such visible participation puts them at high risk. This is truly an engaged project and a rigorous academic effort to bring to life the agency of women struggling for gender justice in violent contexts where their lives are threatened."--María Emma Wills Obregón "Adjoint Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Universidad de Los Andes"
"High Risk Feminism in Colombia updates all our frameworks to explain why women mobilize for gender justice in the face of explicit threats making them targets for violence. In Colombia--but with relevance to Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan and many other contexts--Zulver shows how feminist identities and frames have evolved well beyond the strategic essentialism of motherhood, empowering current generations to protest."--Jacqui True "author of The Political Economy of Violence against Women"
"This fascinating and imperative volume examines feminist mobilization and collective resistance catalyzed by danger, loss and risk in Colombia." -- "Ms. Magazine"
"Zulver offers a compellingly theorized and empirically profound insight into Colombian women's civil society mobilization. High-Risk Feminism in Colombia is an essential read for scholars of gender and armed conflict, as well as those interested in civilian agency during war."
--Anne-Kathrin Kreft "International Affairs""High-Risk Feminism in Columbia provides a new explanation of why women engage in feminist mobilization despite the high risks...Through detailed and conscientious documentation of four women's organizations, Julia Zulver paints an impressive picture of feminist agency in violent contexts. The book is theoretically innovative and based on a compelling methodology and impressive empirics... [I]ts insights are relevant for a wide range of contexts, such as Afghanistan, Kenya, or the Philippines. Other peace scholars will surely take up the original framework that Zulver proposes in order to advance our knowledge of feminist mobilization."--Peace Studies section "International Studies Association"
"High Risk Feminism in Colombia is a much-needed contribution to our understanding of why, how, and when women engage in gender justice struggles (feminisms), even in contexts where such visible participation puts them at high risk. This is truly an engaged project and a rigorous academic effort to bring to life the agency of women struggling for gender justice in violent contexts where their lives are threatened."--María Emma Wills Obregón "Adjoint Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Universidad de Los Andes"
"High Risk Feminism in Colombia updates all our frameworks to explain why women mobilize for gender justice in the face of explicit threats making them targets for violence. In Colombia--but with relevance to Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan and many other contexts--Zulver shows how feminist identities and frames have evolved well beyond the strategic essentialism of motherhood, empowering current generations to protest."--Jacqui True "author of The Political Economy of Violence against Women"
"This fascinating and imperative volume examines feminist mobilization and collective resistance catalyzed by danger, loss and risk in Colombia." -- "Ms. Magazine"
