September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives

by Susan Hawthorne PhD (Editor), Bronwyn Winter PhD (Editor)

Overview

Exploring international feminist perspectives of September 11, this collection brings together women who discuss the connections between war, terrorism, fundamentalism, racism, global capitalism, and male violence. Breaking through the silence of women's voices, giving immediate reactions and reflective essays on the events of that day, this anthology provides insight into issues such as Western involvement in the Arab world, the language used to justify military intervention, the roots of terrorism, the ongoing situation in the Middle East, and the plight of women, children, and all civilians throughout the world as a result of Western foreign policy. Contributors include Ani DiFranco, Barbara Ehrenreich, Eve Ensler, Barbara Kingsolver, Arundhati Roy, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, and many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781876756277
Publisher:	Spinifex Press
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Susan Hawthorne is a political scientist, activist, research associate, and author of Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalization and Bio/diversity. She has written for numerous academic journals, including Journal of Hate Studies, Journal of International Women's Studies, NWSA Journal, Signs, and Women's Studies International Forum, among others. Bronwyn Winter is a senior lecturer in the department of French studies at the University of Sydney.

Editorial Reviews

"Unsurprisingly, many Afghan women regard the new political order as a false dawn . . . Their concerns, together with some of the best literary responses . . . have been consolidated in an excellent book of diverse feminist perspectives, edited by Susan Hawthorne and Bronwyn Winter." —Scott Burchill, The Age



"This book provides an important political and academic forum for the inclusion of women's otherwise marginalized voices in all discussions surrounding the current context of war, globalization, imperialism, and neo-Orientalism, all of which are shaping the post-9/11 world order." —Bathseba M. Opini, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences



"Written in highly accessible style, [it] will be of interest to students and researchers of conflict studies, feminists and anyone interested in global politics." —Agenda, South Africa



"By addressing the ravages of poverty, ignorance, inequality, and intolerance linked to the devastations of war and terrorism, the feminists whose perspectives are represented in September 11, 2001 refuse those false choices between security and humane, sustainable futures." —Lynn Walter, Feminist Collections

"So many of us have been waiting for exactly this book! The voices and ideas here are so worldly, feminist, engaged. September 11 will never pass as ungendered after one reads Hawthorne's and Winter's international collection. I'm going to use this in classes and give it to friends." —Cynthia Enloe

"The merit of this book lies in the quality of the writing and the compassion of its perspectives. The writers consistently resist the nationalist and aggressive response that is embodied in the movement to war on Afghanistan and Iraq." —Andrew Hamilton, Eureka Street



"It is a book which at once inspires and shocks, moves and awakens, and above all, reaffirms the strength of the world's women and the pure necessity for their voices to be heard and an essential contribution to the vast literature spawned by that day in New York." —Liz Crock, Canadian Woman Studies, Les Cahiers de la Femme



"The essays of September 11, 2001 collectively correct the illusion that women's voices were not raised after the attacks. Make no mistake: women's voices were raised. But few of these voices have been heard." —Shira Tarrant, Journal of Intercultural Studies

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