Diversity Feminisms: Postmodern, Women-of-Color, Antiracist, Lesbian, Third-Wave, and Global Perspectives.

Being Lovingly, Knowingly Ignorant: White Feminism and Women of Color

Hypatia ◽

10.1111/j.1527-2001.2006.tb01113.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 56-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 86

Author(s):

Mariana Ortega

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Third Wave ◽

Audre Lorde ◽

Maria Lugones

The aim of this essay is to analyze the notion of “loving, knowing ignorance,” a type of “arrogant perception” that produces ignorance about women of color and their work at the same time that it proclaims to have both knowledge about and loving perception toward them. The first part discusses Marilyn Frye's accounts of “arrogant” as well as of “loving” perception and presents an explanation of “loving, knowing ignorance.” The second part discusses the work of Audre Lorde, Elizabeth Spelman, and María Lugones in their attempts to deal with the issue of arrogant perception within feminism, and examines how Lugones's notion of “‘world’-traveling” may help us deal with “loving, knowing ignorance.” Ultimately, the author suggests that we need to become aware of instances of “loving, knowing ignorance,” especially if we are to stay true to Third Wave feminism's commitment to diversity.

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Environmental Justice and Third Wave Ecocritical Approaches to Literature and Film

Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment ◽

10.37536/ecozona.2010.1.1.313 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Joni Adamson

Keyword(s):

Environmental Justice ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Leslie Marmon Silko ◽

Third Wave ◽

Global Perspectives ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

The Dead ◽

United Nations Declaration ◽

Earth Charter ◽

Literature And Film

Key words: environmental justice, globalization, indigenous peoples, third wave ecocriticism Using films such as Babel directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñartu, or novels such as Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko can raise consciousness on environmental justice issues and the consequences of globalization and free trade agreements for different communities around the world. Both works illustrate quite poignantly the meaning of such landmark manifestos such as the United Nations Declaration on the the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the 17 Principles of Environmental Justice or the Earth Charter. Likewise these approaches constitute the third wave of ecocriticism whose interests lie in exploring human experience from eco-global perspectives which transcend ethnic and national borders in research. Palabras clave: justicia medioambiental, globalización, pueblos indígenas, tercera oleada de la ecocríticaIncorporar al aula largometrajes como Babel de Alejandro Gonzalez Iñartu o novelas como Almanac of the Dead de Leslie Marmon Silko puede redundar en un aumento de la concienciación sobre la justicia medioambiental y fomentar la reflexión sobre las consecuencias de la globalización y del comercio libre en distintas comunidades que coexisten en el planeta. Ambos documentos resultan útiles para ilustrar el significado de otros tan importantes como la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, los 17 principios para la justicia ambiental y la Carta de la Tierra, al mismo tiempo que se inscriben en la tercera oleada de la ecocrítica cuyos intereses se centran en explorar la experiencia humana desde perspectivas ecoglobales y trascender las fronteras étnicas y nacionales en la investigación.

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The Third Wave of Feminism & Women of Color

Black and Brown Waves ◽

10.1163/9789087908102_002 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 1-13

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Third Wave ◽

The Third

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Intersectionality in Third-Wave Popular Music

Oxford Handbooks Online ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935321.013.36 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elizabeth K. Keenan

Keyword(s):

Middle Class ◽

Popular Music ◽

Women Of Color ◽

Hip Hop ◽

Rock Music ◽

Third Wave ◽

Race And Class ◽

The Third ◽

White Middle Class ◽

Indie Rock

This essay traces popular music’s relationship to third-wave feminism through the concept of intersectionality and situates the development of popular music and feminism in the larger political context of the 1990s and 2000s. Intersectionality forms a key discourse through which the members of the movement located themselves generationally, politically, and intellectually. At the same time, the third wave’s emphasis on intersectionality has not always translated into holistically intersectional practices. Despite the commitment to understanding that aspects of identity offer greater or lesser positions of power and influence, third-wave feminists have most often foregrounded the activities of white, middle-class musicians and sometimes ignored the contributions of women of color, from hip-hop feminists to pop musicians. This essay focuses on popular music’s relationship to the third wave in sexuality, race, and, class as they play out across mainstream pop, hip-hop, and alternative/indie rock music from the 1990s to the 2000s.

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