Where We Stand
- Auteur: Djamila Ribeiro (Brazilië)
- Soort boek: feministisch boek
- Engelse vertaling: Padma Viswanathan
- Uitgever: Yale University Press
- Verschijnt: 27 augustus 2024
- Omvang: 104 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $ 20,00
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Djamila Ribeiro Where We Stand recensie en informatie
- “A manifesto on an individual’s social standing and its effect on what is said as well as what is heard. . . . Those seeking a way to decolonize discussions of gender equality will find this slim volume rewarding.” (Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times)
- “Djamila Ribeiro’s influential book Where We Stand boldly claims a space for Black feminism in Brazil. This long-awaited translation offers new audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the rich ideas of an emerging generation of Black women academics and activists who are fearless in pushing for social change.” (Patricia Hill Collins, author of Black Feminist Thought)
Flaptekst van het feministische boek van Djamila Ribeiro
The instant bestseller from Djamila Ribeiro that sparked a major Black feminist movement in Brazil.
In a society shaped by the legacies of enslavement, white supremacy, and sexism, who has the right to a voice? In this elegant essay, Djamila Ribeiro offers a compelling intervention into contemporary discussions of power and identity: the concept of “speaking place.” A crucial component of conversations on race and gender in Brazil, speaking place is the idea that everyone has a social position in the world and that what we are able to say, and how it is received by others, depends on it. Ribeiro traces the history of Black feminist thought through several centuries, examining the ways that Black women have been silenced, ignored, and punished for speaking.
Building on feminist standpoint theory, and in conversation with the works of Sojourner Truth, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and others, Ribeiro invites all of us to recognize where we stand, to imagine geographies different from those we’ve inherited, and to speak a more humane world into being.
Djamila Ribeiro (1 augustus 1980, Santos, Brazilië) is a philosopher, essayist, editor, and one of the most influential leaders in the Afro-Brazilian women’s rights movement.