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Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946-1975

Paperback • 2023 • English

Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946-1975

By Giusi Russo

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Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946-1975 tells the story of how women's bodies were at the center of the international politics of women's rights in the postwar period. Giusi Russo focuses on the United Nation Commission on the Status of Women and its multiple interactions with the colonial and postcolonial worlds, showing how--depending on the setting and the inquiry--liberal, imperial, and transnational feminisms could coexist. Russo suggests that in the early stage...Show more

Gender studies: women and girls
Feminism and feminist theory
Political structure and processes

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9781496234438

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Published year

2023

Language

English

Original title

Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946-1975

Format

Paperback

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