“Speaking Truth to Power” in Transnational Feminist History

Leila J. RUPP

Article Details

“Speaking Truth to Power” in Transnational Feminist History

Authors:

Leila J. RUPP

Publisher:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2013 Issue 38, pp.19-24

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734439

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1300-6606

Abstract:

 

The moments in the history of Transnational Feminism that I find  most compelling are those in which women from a variety of cultures can  be found “speaking truth to power,” a favorite US progressive concept first  advocated by the Religious Society of Friends in the 1950s  “Speak Truth  to Power” . Given the dominance of women from the United States, Great  Britain, northern and western Europe, and the “neo-Europes” of Australia  and Canada in the transnational women’s organizations that flourished  from the late nineteenth century through the Second World War, it is not  surprising that women from other parts of the world had to fight against  feminist orientalist assumptions about a whole range of issues, from  the very nature of feminism to the impact of global power dynamics on  organizing across national borders  Zonana; Weber, “Unveiling”; Melman;  Lewis . Although the context has changed, many of the struggles within  the three transnational women’s organizations I researched for my book,  Worlds of Women, remain powerfully present today  Rupp . If we listen  to the voices of women who challenged the power dynamics within  transnational women’s organizations in the past, perhaps we can think  more productively about Transnational Feminism in the present.

Article Details

“Speaking Truth to Power” in Transnational Feminist History

Authors: Leila J. RUPP

Publisher: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2013 Issue 38, pp.19-24

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2013

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000734439

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 1300-6606

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Authors:

Leila J. RUPP

Publisher:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2013 Issue 38, pp.19-24

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734439

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1300-6606