Overview
- Explores the idea of interconnected oppressions from various angles
- Clarifies the causes of sexism and male privilege in social justice activism
- Provides new data evidencing sexism and male prvilege in animal activism
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
While explicitly set against a backdrop of sexism in social justice activism more generally, this book exposes causes, pervasiveness, harms, and possible directions for change with regard to sexism and male privilege in the animal activist movement.
Employing the work of previous scholars, Dr. Lisa Kemmerer exposes the commonplace nature and causes of sexism and male privilege in social justice activism, then focuses on anymal activists, including new data that has not previously been published. The book also explores the crushing harms caused by sexism in the movement and an extensive array of possible directions for change. In various places throughout the text, Kemmerer refocuses on the interface of sexism and speciesism, and one full chapter explores a philosophies of interconnection from around the world and down through time. Also included are six essays from contributing authors who offer fresh angles on the topic, and who provide contextualized experienceswith intersectional oppressions. While the book focuses specifically on animal activism, the end-goal of the book is total liberation—an end to all forms of privilege and marginalization.
Reviews
"In this latest book, Lisa Kemmerer details the entrenchment of sexism in elements of the animal advocacy movement. Drawing on survey findings and written accounts of animal advocates, Kemmerer exposes many intra-movement problems and challenges the movement to engage in a process of truth and reconciliation, rightfully pointing out that the goals of anti-speciesism cannot be realized without also addressing sexism and other forms of intersecting oppression." (Amy J. Fitzgerald, Professor, University of Windsor, Canada)
"Important, compelling, and provocative, Oppressive Liberation is a long overdue intervention in the problematic gender politics of the anymal rights movement. The book is an urgent reminder that the anymal rights movement has not yet sorted out its responsibilities to feminism or any other social justice issue. Kemmerer draws a much-needed roadmap for moving forward in ways that reject harassment, discrimination, and violence and create healthier, more secure, and more just organizational cultures in the anymal rights movement." (Katja M. Guenther, Professor, University of California, Riverside, USA)
"This powerful and provocative book is essential reading for anyone studying or participating in social movements." (Emily Gaarder, author of Women and the Animal Rights Movement)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Lisa Kemmerer is internationally known for her work on behalf of animals, the planet, and disempowered human beings, and is founder and director of the educational non-profit, Tapestry. For more information, please visit lisakemmerer.com and vegantapestry.org.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Oppressive Liberation
Book Subtitle: Sexism in Animal Activism
Authors: Lisa Kemmerer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15363-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15362-4Published: 01 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15365-5Published: 02 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-15363-1Published: 31 March 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 433
Topics: Social Philosophy, Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Cultural Studies, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights