Response to Deborah Gould's Review ofQueering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil: Sexual Rights Movements in Emerging Democracies

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-402
Author(s):  
Rafael de la Dehesa
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Sexual Rights ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
Emerging Democracies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lgbt Activism ◽  
The Public Sphere

As I wrote in my review, Deborah Gould offers us a valuable conceptual tool kit in Moving Politics with which to explore the role of affect and emotion in social movements. In her review of my book, she invites me to address these dimensions in my own account of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) activism in Brazil and Mexico.

The role of social movements leading to the emergence of women public intellectuals

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
Ann Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Activism ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Public Intellectuals ◽  
The Public ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Print Industry

This chapter addresses the significance of social movements in accelerating women into the public sphere as public intellectuals. Indeed, the role of social movements was important in defining women public intellectuals politically. The growth of social movements has to be set alongside the expansion of higher education for women, as well as the expansion of the print industry. This led to an expansion and broadening of the base of women's participation in political activity, particularly around specific campaigns and causes. Women were actively involved, individually and collectively, in a number of campaigns prior to the emergence of the suffrage movement. Ultimately, the intersection of gender and class was an important factor leading to the growth of both political activism and, more specifically, the emergence of the suffragettes and later women's liberation movement (WLM). Analysis shows that the motivation of most women was pragmatic and issue based as opposed to ideological. Issue-based politics covered all social classes and thus brought women together in social activism and within social movements.

scholarly journals The intellectual engagé of the social movements

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Damião De Medeiros
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Public Sphere

By taking into account the social, historic, political and cultural continuities and discontinuities,aswell as the permanent metamorphosis of the public sphere, this articleaims at a comparative analysis of the multidimensional impact of the intellectual critiqueof the 60’s and 70’s and that of the first decade of the 2000’s. This article therefore aspiresat understanding if some of the nuances of the intellectuals’ engagement of the60’s and 70’s social movements still persist today as regards the role of the contemporaryintellectual when facing the emerging cultural, social, political and economic crisis,which — although caused by different publics, interests and contexts — tend tohave some characteristics and contours in common. Thiswork aims at understanding(1) if intellectuals have reclaimed their voice, so far silent, in the public sphere, (2) ifthey have been contributing with social, cultural and political alternatives and even (3)if they have been fostering communication forums with the objective of instigating alternativesto the alternative imposed by the system.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document