Feminisms in Movement, Feminisms in Protest

Authors

  • Sonia E. Alvarez University of Massachusetts

Abstract

In this essay I propose a political-conceptual grammar, an interpretive framework to rethink the changing dynamics of what wenormally call "social movements," emphasizingfeminisms in movement and seeking to understand their recent expressions of / in protest. My reflections are mainly based on my immersion in activism and the feminist academy in Brazil, as well as in the longitudinal and virtual ethnographic work that I have been doing for several years on various feminisms, social movements, NGOs, activism networks, anti-globalizationmovements, and protests in the last decade in Brazil and other parts of LatinAmerica.

Keywords:

Feminisms, Protest, Black Feminisms, Racism, Young Feminisms