Roundtable Discussion: Must i be Womanist?: Must i be Womanist?

Coleman, Monica A.

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“…One can be ostracised for using this label and it can lead to one being shut out from meaningful discussion that may otherwise lead to the much-needed gender attitudes change. Coleman, (2006) explains the predicament of identifying herself as feminist. She explains that when in conversations with her male friends and she identifies as a womanist, they think of her as a black church woman, but when she identifies as a feminist, they become uncomfortable and start to align her with lesbians, fear she would question their power and wonder if she calls God in feminine terms.…”

Section: Methodological Considerationsmentioning

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“…She argues that while some gender scholars prefer to be identified as strictly feminist and womanist, these identities are fluid. Coleman (2006) while acknowledging that she was shaped by black feminist scholarship, crossed the boundary and began to identify as a womanist, but constantly taps into feminist analysis. Hence, it is possible for one to traverse these spaces and assume a different tag depending on the context as well as subject under discussion.…”

Section: Methodological Considerationsmentioning

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Daring Patriarchy? A Biblical Engagement with Gender Discourses on Political Participation in Post-colonial Zimbabwe

Manyonganise¹

2023

Bible in Africa Studies

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This volume (coming out from a Humboldt Research-Fellowship) critically engages with gender discourses on political participation in Zimbabwe, focusing on how the Bible has been used to deny women political offices in the land. The study’s reference to political office needs to be understood broadly, that is, to include women participating in decision-making in their homes, religious institutions, local government, political parties to mention but a few. Dominant religio-cultural discourses on political participation have deployed biblical texts in ways that have shaped Zimbabwe’s political terrain to be gendered space. The study uses gender as a category of analyzing political participation in Zimbabwe. The study argues that the challenges women face in their endeavor to participate fully in politics in Zimbabwe are not only embedded in culture, but have also been reinforced by the way biblical interpretation pertaining to women’s public roles has been done. It is against this background that this volume seeks to examine the utilisation of the Bible by church leaders who find support from male politicians in a bid to safeguard the space from women perceived as ‘dangerous’. In other words, the study endeavours to examine how the Bible has been deployed to control gender discourses on political participation in Zimbabwe. To a large extent, this study shows the centrality as well as the influence of the Bible in shaping gender relations, even in those areas that have to a large extent been perceived as non-religious. This volume, therefore, seeks to open up more political space for women by examining how the everyday is suffused with politics, that is, politics as affecting interactions between individuals and groups thereby facilitating women’s participation in politics at all levels. It is envisioned that such a study would contribute greatly to social transformation. Molly Manyonganise holds a PhD in Biblical and Religious Studies from the University of Pretoria. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University. She is a research associate of the Department of Religion Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of Pretoria. 2020-2023 she was a Georg Forster Postdoctoral research fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. Her research interests comprise religion and politics, gender and religion, religion and sexuality, African Indigenous Religion(s) as well as African Christianity.

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Section: Methodological Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodological Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Daring Patriarchy? A Biblical Engagement with Gender Discourses on Political Participation in Post-colonial Zimbabwe

Manyonganise¹

2023

Bible in Africa Studies

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“…Alice Walker, a Southern U.S. Black woman, writer, and activist, is credited with the first use of womanism. Walker (2004) connects womanism to spirituality, considering spirituality a form of healing and a connector of Black women's relationships (Coleman et al, 2006). The role of womanism and spirituality in the liberation and wellbeing of African American women (Banks & Lee, 2016) is also a tenet of mujerismo regarding Latina women.…”

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Entre Madres y Comadres: Trans Latina Immigrants Empowering Women Beyond Marianismo

Alvarez-Hernandez

Bermúdez

2023

Affilia

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When social workers discuss the lives of Latinx individuals, it is often in the context of cultural values such as marianismo. Marianismo is linked to Catholicism and patriarchal values that reinforce traditional gender scripts for women. Although Latina feminists have challenged these values for decades, it continues to be paramount that social workers deepen their understanding of the lives of Chicanas and Latinas through critical theories. From this perspective, mujeristas and Chicana feminists who emphasize liberative work often use the term comadres, or comothers, to explore Latinas’ roles and relationships. The distinction between the traditional motherly role of marianismo and the collaborative and empowering role of comadres was evident in our feminist-informed study about the lived experiences of trans Latina immigrants who are activists and agents of change in their Southern U.S. communities. Our goal as Latina feminists is to include these women in the theoretical conversation as their experiences allowed us to expand our knowledge of these concepts. By reconceptualizing the mutually supportive role of Latinas in their communities, trans Latina immigrants and Latina feminists encourage us to see Latinas beyond the traditional and stereotypical gender script of marianismo.

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“…Reappropriating Alice Walker's (1979;1981;1983) womanism-a culturally-based alternative to feminism for Black women-Katie Geneva Cannon (as cited by Coleman, 2006) built "the womanist house of wisdom" to provide a space for women of African descent to name and articulate "a theory of their own" to navigate not only the academy, but the world (p. 98). Cannon (2001) designed womanist ethics as a critical intervention fashioned by the moral wisdom of Black women to challenge mainstream American white supremacy and the paradox of Christian nationalism for their ultimate harm to Black lives p. 31).…”

Section: Womanist Ethicsmentioning

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Reflections on The Remember Me Project: Queen’s University’s Black Past and the AfroWomanist Sankofa Archive to Our Future

Peprah-Asare

2023

JCRI

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How does one endeavour to recover history that has been intentionally hidden, erased, and forgotten? In what ways can the ethics of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) be applied within archival processes? In this article, I highlight the work I recently completed under the supervision of the Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity (EDII) at Queen’s University as an “Afrofuturist” Graduate Research Fellow in a project titled The Remember Me Project: Black Historic Lives and Our Future(s) at Queen’s University. I focus on one poem from my collection titled, “Alfie or Did I Really Do Alright?” I problematize the now infamous figure of Alfred “Alfie” Pierce, a Black male employee of Queen’s Athletics department to problematize the ways Black stories are forgotten, lost, and devalued within academic institutions. In simultaneously speaking back to the politics of whose stories are worthy of remembrance at Queen’s, the horrors of “Alfie’s” story, and the difficulties involved in Black archival recovery, I introduce my intervention “the AfroWomanist Sankofa Archive” as an interdisciplinary framework constructed as a guideline for African-heritage peoples to utilize while navigating dis-empowering research material involving African archival information. I end with some recommendations for our Afrofuture.

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Roundtable Discussion: Must i be Womanist?: Must i be Womanist?

Cited by 3 publications

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Daring Patriarchy? A Biblical Engagement with Gender Discourses on Political Participation in Post-colonial Zimbabwe

Daring Patriarchy? A Biblical Engagement with Gender Discourses on Political Participation in Post-colonial Zimbabwe

Entre Madres y Comadres: Trans Latina Immigrants Empowering Women Beyond Marianismo

Reflections on The Remember Me Project: Queen’s University’s Black Past and the AfroWomanist Sankofa Archive to Our Future

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