ISBN
978-1529236484Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529236491Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Decolonizing Feminist Economics
Despite the urgency to understand how 'other' cultures encounter 'the West' in academic and political spheres, feminist economics has yet to tackle critiques from postcolonial and decolonial feminists about Western-centric modernism in the field.
This book introduces a decolonizing approach to feminist economics, offering insights that move beyond the boundaries of modern Eurocentrism. The author explores the relationship between colonialism, capitalism, heteropatriarchy and ecological degradation, while offering critical feminist and decolonizing tools. By investigating global struggles, the author illuminates our hijacked present and imagines a decolonizing feminist economic landscape that is under transformation.
Transdisciplinary and innovative, this book fills a vital gap by exploring the interplay between decolonization and feminist economics, challenging the growth logic, capitalism and Western-centrism, and imagining new possibilities for more just futures.
“This exposition of Eurocentrism in contemporary feminist economics is a much-needed intervention.” Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, King’s College, London
Gisela Carrasco-Miró is Lecturer in Feminisms, Ecology and Post/decolonial Thought at Escola Massana as part of the Critical and Cultural Studies Programme at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Introduction: Economics Against the Apocalypse
Part 1
1. Towards a Decolonizing, Feminist and Trustful Economics
2. The Problematics of Feminist Economics
3. Should We Use the Word ‘Decolonizing' in Our Pursuit of a Better Feminist Economics?
Part 2
4. Extractivist Economies and Productivist Logic
5. The Scar Sands
6. Life at the Centre and the Oil Underground
Part 3
7. What Kind of Economies Do We Want?
8. Decolonizing Feminist Economics: A Tentative Map
Glossary for Confabulating Futures
