White feminism : from the Suffragettes to influencers and who they leave behind / Koa Beck.

  • Beck, Koa
Date:
2022
  • Books

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Description

"Mainstream feminism has been defined by parameters dictated and sanctioned by the white, middle- to upper-class women they most benefit. In White Feminism, journalist Koa Beck details the conventions that marginalised genders have needed to adopt in order to be recognised and exposes how Black, brown, Indigenous, transgender, disabled and undocumented women have been overlooked in order to champion a different feminist narrative. Combining her quick-witted commentary with methodical historical research, Beck highlights the extent of racial prejudice, elitism and privilege that fuels the dominant feminist discourse. In her wide-ranging analysis, she advocates for a new landscape that accounts for visibility and inclusivity."-- From back cover.

Publication/Creation

London : Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., 2022.

Physical description

xx, 299 pages ; 20 cm

Contributors

Notes

Includes index.
Selected for our collections by Clara Searle. Clara is a Guyanese Gibraltarian PhD researcher whose work explores diversity and representation within book publishing and western media. She was a Techne Racial Justice Placement Student at Wellcome Collection between September 2022 – February 2023 and selected this book as part of a larger list that aims to disrupt the racist and colonial tradition of collecting that exists historically within Wellcome's library collections.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9781398501997
  • 1398501999