A review by siria
Feminisms: A Global History by Lucy Delap

2.0

There's absolutely a need for an accessibly written introduction to feminist history, one which stresses the plural and multivocal nature of feminisms and looks at the wide variety of feminist/women's liberation experiences and thought around the world. Lucy Delap sets out to do that in Feminisms: A Global History, which is arranged thematically (chapters are arranged around concepts like "Dreams", "Objects", and "Songs") rather than adhering to the Western-centric wave chronology. Sadly, I don't think Delap was the best person to undertake this project—there are just too many unexamined assumptions here (e.g. using "transwoman" and "Judeo-Christian" as neutral/unmarked terms) that mean the framing of the book is not as global as its aspirations.