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Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies - Volume 18, Issue 3, 2015
Volume 18, Issue 3, 2015
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oa Women in the colonial economy
More LessAbstract Women, particularly in the colonial context, have often been reduced to a gender-specific role, subjected to patriarchal rule. The historical agency exercised by the street vendors in Brazil’s eighteenth-century diamond district, however, is indicative for a female contribution to historical change on different terms. This article discusses the public and economic participation of these Afro-Brazilian street vendors. As such, a Read More
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oa Beyond stereotypes
More LessAbstract The sources available on Hindustani women and girls in Suriname were rarely produced by the women and girls themselves, but for or by British or Dutch colonial officers, European travel writers, Christian missionaries, and in some cases, by Hindustani men. In these sources, women and girls primarily figure in stereotypical roles as ‘prostitutes’, ‘unfaithful wives’, or ‘female slaves’. This article sheds light on the ways i Read More
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oa Belgisch feminisme, 1892-1960: imperialisme als referentiekader?
More LessAbstract Up until today, the global feminist community has been haunted by a history of inequality and oppression. The hegemonic context of racist imperialism produced a rather problematic version of an imagined global sisterhood, as Western feminists for a long time felt, and sometimes to some extent still feel, superior to women elsewhere in the non-western world. In this article, we will examine to which extent Belgian fe Read More
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oa ‘Ze wilden van de feministen af!’
More LessAbstract This article discusses the global campaign against female genital mutilation/cutting (fgm/c) within the context of Egypt and questions the marginalisation of certain forms of activism. Against the background of the development of transnational feminism, it argues that the ‘global campaign against fgm/c’ was successful and reached institutionalisation in the years 2000. The transition from early grassroots feminist Read More
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oa ‘De zware last van het koloniale verleden wordt door rechters niet meer gedragen’
More LessAbstract Lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld is specialised in human rights violations and committed to supporting war victims. Since some years, she represents victims of the Indonesian independence war (1945-1950) in the Dutch court. These lawsuits increased pressure on the Dutch state to admit to its war crimes during this war. For Tijdschrift van Genderstudies, Zegveld was interviewed about how she became involved in th Read More
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oa Emancipation on thin ice
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oa The right to underwrite gender
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oa Editorial
Authors: Sara de Jong, Rosalba Icaza, Rolando Vázquez & Sophie Withaeckx
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