Women’s Resistance in Global Context

Resistance to gendered oppression, discrimination, and inequality takes many forms across the world. In this book, Collins provides us with a thorough and theoretically informed analysis of how women across the globe push back against human rights violations, crimes against their bodies, and patriarchal policies and treatment in general. Covering both historical and contemporary forms of women’s pursuit of justice, equality and freedom in the face of maltreatment, the book contextualizes the activities through a multidimensional theoretical approach that also considers how states counter resistance, and how that itself shapes activism and change. Collins has produced a realistic, inspiring, and critical analysis bound to influence academic and popular discourses about resistance and gender. David Kauzlarich, Professor, The University of North Carolina Greensboro Women's Resistance in Global Context is a revelatory work that critically examines modes of resistance as well as state violent suppression tactics and challenges conventional and academic wisdom on resistance. At a moment of creeping authoritarianism and repression of difference, Collins's work on women's defiant desire for freedom is an important and timely study of the interconnected struggle for women's liberation from Iran to South Korea to the US. Sara Salman, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington Women’s Resistance in Global Context: Challenging Oppression and Inequality is a bold, timely exploration of how women resist power across the globe. With intersectional depth and intellectual rigor, this collection centers often-overlooked forms of dissent ‒ both symbolic and confrontational ‒ while exposing how race, gender, colonialism, and state violence shape who is heard. From feminist artivism to revolutionary protest, it offers a powerful, nuanced blueprint for understanding resistance as a dynamic, deeply human pursuit of justice. A must-read for scholars, activists, and changemakers. Emily Troshynski, Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas