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Just Advocacy? : Women's Human Rights, Transnational Feminisms, and the Politics of Representation, Paperback / softback Book

Just Advocacy? : Women's Human Rights, Transnational Feminisms, and the Politics of Representation Paperback / softback

Edited by Wendy Kozol, Wendy S. Hesford

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In the continuing estrangement between the West and the Muslim Middle East, human rights are becoming increasingly enmeshed with territorial concerns.

Marked by both substance and rhetoric, they are situated at the heart of many foreign policy decisions and doctrines of social change, and often serve as a justification for aggressive actions. In humanitarian and political debates about the topic, women and children are frequently considered first.

Since the 1990s, human rights have become the most legitimate and legitimizing juridical and cultural claim made on a woman's behalf.

But what are the consequences of equating women's rights with human rights?

As the eleven essays in this volume show, the impact is often contradictory. Bringing together some of the most respected scholars in the field, including Inderpal Grewal, Leela Fernandes, Leigh Gilmore, Susan Koshy, Patrice McDermott, and Sidonie Smith, Just Advocacy? sheds light on the often overlooked ways that women and children are further subjugated when political or humanitarian groups represent them solely as victims and portray the individuals that are helping them as paternal saviors. Drawn from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, Just Advocacy? promises to advance a more nuanced and politically responsible understanding of human rights for both scholars and activists.

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