
Episode 5 ENG - Decolonising Feminism, Decolonising the Arts with Françoise Vergès
Mylène
Description
<p><span data-ogsc="black">For our September episode, we have the pleasure of discussing at lenght with Françoise Vergès her work and life, in decolonising feminism, and decolonising the arts. The French author has spent her life questionning racial domination systems in both areas, and much more. We discuss this, and the differences between France and the UK in the approach to decolonisation in an exceptionnal episode of 45 minutes. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white">Francoise Verges is an activist and public educator. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of many books including</span><em><span data-ogsc= "black"> </span></em><em><span data-ogsc="black">Resolutely Black. Conversations with Aime Cesaire</span></em><span data-ogsc= "black" data-ogsb="white"> </span><span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white">(Polity, 2019), </span><em><span data-ogsc= "black">The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism and Monsters</span></em><span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb= "white"> </span><span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb= "white">and </span><em><span data-ogsc= "black">Revolutionaries: Colonial Family Romance and Metissage</span></em><span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb= "white"> </span><span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb= "white">(Duke University Press, 2020, 1999).</span></p> <p> </p>
Uploader
Episodes
Episode 5 ENG - Decolonising Feminism, Decolonising the Arts with Françoise Vergès
Mylène