To Exist is to Resist

Black Feminism in Europe

Francesca Sobande editor Akwugo Emejulu editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pluto Press

Published:20th May '19

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To Exist is to Resist cover

This book brings together activists, artists and scholars of colour to show how Black feminism and Afrofeminism are being practiced in Europe today, exploring their differing social positions in various countries, and how they organise and mobilise to imagine a Black feminist Europe.

Deeply aware that they are constructed as 'Others' living in a racialised and hierarchical continent, the contibutors explore gender, class, sexuality and legal status to show that they are both invisible - presumed to be absent from and irrelevant to European societies - and hyper-visible - assumed to be passive and sexualised, angry and irrational.

Through imagining a future outside the neocolonial frames and practices of contemporary Europe, this book explores a variety of critical spaces including motherhood and the home, friendships and intimate relationships, activism and community, and literature, dance and film.

'Centring the Black experience in Europe is a bold and empowering act. This anthology offers crucial insights into what it means to navigate this region as a black female body. I truly welcome the publication of this book.' -- Jeannette Ehlers, Visual Artist
'To read this book is to fully engage in an understanding of Black Feminism and Afrofeminism praxis. It is to discover the plurality of experiences, so that a political sisterhood and a global liberation can be born' -- Laura Nsafou, blogger at Mrs. Roots and author of 'Like A Million Black Butterflies'

ISBN: 9780745339474

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 344g

320 pages