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Summary:

Conflicted Commitments analyzes a form of non-violent, direct transnational solidarity in which activists from the global North travel to support and protect people in the global South. Gada Mahrouse contends that this brand of activism is a compelling site of racialized power relations and is highly instructive for a nuanced understanding of systems of race. Mahrouse argues that the individuals who partake in this form of activism consciously deploy their white, western privilege to offer support and protection to those facing threats of violence. Moreover, given that this type of activism asserts itself as an exemplary form of anti-racist commitment, it illustrates that well-meaning practices can inadvertently reproduce racialized power structures that are embedded in imperial and colonial legacies. Mahrouse focuses on Palestine and Iraq in the post-9/11 era to contemplate the contemporary challenges that these regions pose for solidarity activism. By exploring how individual activists manage and negotiate their dominant positioning in these encounters, Mahrouse reflects more broadly on the ethics of social justice strategies in an increasingly transnational world. A detailed study of the racialized complexities and contradictions inherent in transnational solidarity activism, Conflicted Commitments makes a significant contribution to critical race and feminist studies. -- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Whiteness and the Divergent Responses to Rachel Corrie's Death
• 2. CPT Kidnapping: Citizenship, Sexuality, and the Racialized "Politics of Life"
• 3. Compelling Story of the First-World Activist in the War Zone
• 4. Race-conscious Transnational Activists with Cameras: Mediators of Compassion
• 5. Conflicted Commitments: The "Fine Line Between Advocacy and Imperialism"
• 6. "Split Affinities": Gender and Sexual Violence in Solidarity Movements
• 7. Liberal Universalism and Pragmatism: Implications for Decolonizing Solidarity.

Author/Creator:

Mahrouse, Gada, 1964- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Conflicted commitments: race, privilege, and power in transnational solidarity activism [by Mahrouse, G.]

Other Related Resources:

Conflicted commitments [by Mahrouse, G.] (CaOONL Number 20149008783)

Alternate Titles:

Race, privilege, and power in transnational solidarity activism

Subjects:

Solidarity

Humanitarianism — Political aspects

Social justice — Political aspects

Race — Social aspects

Race relations

Power (Social sciences)

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-220) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HM717 .M34 2014eb

ISBNs:

9780773592087 (electronic bk.)
0773592083 (electronic bk.)
9780773543638 [Invalid]
0773543635 [Invalid]
9780773543645 [Invalid]
0773543643 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

870916805

Other Control Numbers:

EBC3332803 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12028851