In Audre’s Footsteps
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In Audre’s Footsteps amplifies the resistive and generative experiences of women of color educators, artists, activists, and scholars in Berlin and the U.S. who consider themselves friends in the struggle.
In Audre’s Footsteps honors Black radical traditions set forth by W.E.B. Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Angela Y. Davis, and Audre Lorde, all who were intellectually influenced by their experiences in Berlin. The text primarily relies on Black and Transnational Feminist theoretical frameworks and methodologies to amplify the resistive and generative personal and professional experiences of women of color educators, artists, activists, and scholars in Berlin and the U.S. who consider themselves friends in the struggle. While being particularly attentive to racism, heterosexism, colonialism, and other forms of oppression, In Audre’s Footsteps also examines how these women resist, reject, and revise oppressive narratives as they develop their subjectivities. Further, it addresses the always advantageous but sometimes contentious contours of solidarity, especially when people actively engaging with various forms of resistance have seemingly competing and contradictory goals.
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Heidi R. Lewis. In Audre’s Footsteps
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CREATING SPACES. TO FULLY EXPRESS OUR BLACKNESS
WE HAVE TO STOP SOLELY REACTING
I’M NOT HERE TO SAVE YOUR SOUL
I’M CHALLENGING THEM TO SEE
INTEGRATION ISN’T EVEN WHAT WE’RE DEMANDING
THAT’S MY GIRL
WE’RE HERE TO CONNECT AND DO INTERSECTIONAL WORK
A LOVE LETTER TO KATHARINA OGUNTOYE: AN AFTERWORD
THE CONTRIBUTORS
ENDNOTES
INDEX
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“MOVEMENT SPACES ARE AFTEN ROMANTICIZED AND EXAMINED THROUGH ROSE-COLORED GLASSES, AS SPACES OF COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY, BUT HOW CAN WE CONNECT ACROSS DIFFERENCES IN SPACE, TIME, AND IDENTITY, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE’RE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER?”
In Audre’s Footsteps honors Black radical traditions set forth by W.E.B. Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Angela Y. Davis, and Audre Lorde, all who were intellectually influenced by their experiences in Berlin. The text primarily relies on Black and Transnational Feminist theoretical frameworks and methodologies to amplify the resistive and generative personal and professional experiences of women of color educators, artists, activists, and scholars in Berlin and the U.S. who consider themselves friends in the struggle. While being particularly attentive to racism, heterosexism, colonialism, and other forms of oppression, In Audre’s Footsteps also examines how these women resist, reject, and revise oppressive narratives as they develop their subjectivities. Further, it addresses the always advantageous but sometimes contentious contours of solidarity, especially when people actively engaging with various forms of resistance have seemingly competing and contradictory goals.
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Dr. Tiffany N. Florvil
Associate Professor of History, University of New Mexico
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