Angelaslin

I study global studies and visual arts at University of Chicago and have joined wikipedia for my Feminist Economics class. I've read a lot of anthropology texts that bash economists and their models, so I wanted to study an area of economics that anthropologists may appreciate and see how exactly these infamous models work, especially to treat issues that seem hard to model, like social norms around gender.

I'm interested in editing the article on Transnational Feminism. From my understanding, transnational feminists critique “Western” feminists for their condemnation of “traditional” gender roles of housework and care work, yet in the class Feminist Economics we’ve learned that housework and care work can indeed function as oppressive regimes, even in non-“Western” situations. I think a better article on transnational feminism will help me educate both myself and others. I also think this is just an increasingly important topic in an increasingly globalized world where both women and men are migrating across nations.

There are disproportionately small sections on race, colonialism, imperialism, and nationalism (which is surprising for an article on transnational feminism, which one would assume includes information on all these aspects), and economics. These should all be developed further. The organizational structure is also not well differentiated, as it repeats information in the sections of “Western and Third World feminism”, “Theory”, and “Concerns”. I also think there should be mention of how this differs from “global feminism”, and links to more articles in the “greater world” of Wikipedia

Contents (Existing outline will be in black ; my edits will be in green) Introduction (I will edit the current introduction to explain the movement of transnational feminism and the paradigm as a way of understanding how to conceptualize an inclusive and just feminism) 1. Usage of the term XX1 Early history XX 2. History 2.1 Of globalization 2.2 Of feminism 2.3 Of transnational feminism as it relates to these two movements XX2 Western and Third World feminism XX 3 Theory (I will add more content) 4 Concerns of transnational feminism (I will add more content to all these subtopics) 4.1 Gender 4.2 Human rights (I will move this to the bottom of the list) 4.3 Race 4.4 Economics 4.5 Colonialism 4.6 Imperialism 4.7 Nationalism 4.8 The Nation-State XX5 Movements/activism (This information will be included in its history and in the section on transnational feminist networks and organizations)XX 5.1 Labor rights 6 5 Transnational feminist networks and organizations (I will include more content on what these are, as well as what they’ve accomplished) 7 6 See also (I will include the topics “Globalization”, “Feminism”, “migration”, “diaspora” 8 7 References 9 8 External links

Sources: Global feminism : transnational women's activism, organizing, and human rights / edited by Myra Marx Ferree and Aili Mari Tripp. Emigré feminism : transnational perspectives / edited by Alena Heitlinger. Transnational feminism in the United States : knowledge, ethics, and power / Leela Fernandes. Women's movements in Asia : feminisms and transnational activism / edited by Mina Roces and Louise Edwards. Transnational America : feminisms, diasporas, neoliberalisms / Inderpal Grewal. Economies of violence : transnational feminism, postsocialism, and the politics of sex trafficking / Jennifer Suchland. Transnational feminism and global advocacy in South Asia / edited by Gita Rajan and Jigna Desai. The Birth of Chinese Feminism Essential Texts in Transnational Theory. Between woman and nation : nationalisms, transnational feminisms, and the state / edited by Caren Kaplan, Norma Alarcón, and Minoo Moallem Globalizing women : transnational feminist networks / Valentine M. Moghadam.