University of Washington Press Transnational Testimonios: The Politics of Collective Knowledge Production (Decolonizing Feminisms)

Product Description The activist storytelling practice of testimonio, long associated with Latin American struggles for justice, forges coalitions across social differences for the purpose of social change. Beyond Central and South America, Patricia DeRochery examines testimonios from a wide range of geopolitical sites, including Argentina, Egypt, Haiti, India, Jamaica, and Trinidad, as well as the United States, and suggests that feminist testimonios offer a model for cross-border feminist alliance building. Transnational Testimonios focuses on the questions of translation, knowledge, and power that characterize the creation and reception of these life writings. DeRocher demonstrates how these stories can mobilize social activism and intervene in epistemological impasses between the Global North and South, offering vital tools for reimagining transnational feminist politics. Review A ground-breaking book on grass-roots women activism in Latin America and the Global South. DeRocher masterfully addresses important philosophical issues of translation, knowledge, power, and political action, and positions herself at the forefront of a new generation of scholars who are producing cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in transnational feminist theory, global critical theory, political epistemology, and theories of activism and social movements. Author: José Medina, Walter Dill Scott Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University From the Author Patricia DeRocher is assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. About the Author Patricia DeRocher is assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont.