An intersectional analysis of Island Feminist Praxis in Puerto Rico

Island feminism meets feminist geopolitics: The spatial dynamics of gender‐based violence in the Galapagos Islands

“…Scholars working from an island feminism perspective argue that the spatial imagery of islands guides gender and sexuality dynamics on these spaces (Karides, 2017, 2020). Meanwhile, island feminist praxis (Rodriguez‐Coss, 2020) as a concept and action looks at contemporary feminist responses to island‐specific policies, particularly efforts to eradicate or prevent GBV that bring together island living and feminist practices.…”

“…A cross-disciplinary theoretical framework that combines island feminism and feminist geopolitics is developed in this section of the paper to draw out the particular GBV dynamics in this space. Island feminism is an incipient framework, whose scholars have identified the need for feminist theory to be considered from island spaces (Gaini & Pristed Nielson, 2020;Karides, 2017;Rodriguez-Coss, 2020). Scholars working from an island feminism perspective argue that the spatial imagery of islands guides gender and sexuality dynamics on these spaces (Karides, 2017(Karides, , 2020.…”

“…Island feminist scholars highlight and address the absence of island-centred perspectives in relation to feminism (Rodriguez-Coss, 2020). Island-defined territories have direct implications for gender relations and GBV dynamics in particular.…”

“…Island-defined territories have direct implications for gender relations and GBV dynamics in particular. Scholars working on gender in island communities are addressing these issues from a variety of perspectives ranging from activist responses to an intersectionality focus (Gaini & Pristed Nielson, 2020;Karides, 2017Karides, , 2020Rodriguez-Coss, 2020). While Karides noted that an in-depth feminist geographical engagement with the island space is lacking, her theoretical proposal of island feminism prompts the use of feminist geography along with other intellectual traditions.…”

Colonial necropolitics in responding to gender‐based violence amidst cascading disasters in Puerto Rico

“…Feminist intersectional analyses have shown how the systematic marginalization of women and other vulnerable groups in the wake of the hurricanes (Rodríguez Coss, 2019) is tied to the state's unwillingness to keep accurate records—such as those of feminicides. Lagarde y de los Rios (1996) suggests that in Puerto Rico, as elsewhere, we can trace the ways that GBV is enabled through political action and inaction.…”