South Asian Feminisms in Diaspora Toronto Book Launch

Join us for the launch of South Asian Feminisms in Diaspora in Canada!

Another Story Bookshop presents the Toronto launch for South Asian Feminisms in Diaspora.

Featuring a keynote by Sunera Thobani and discussion with editors and contributors Amina Jamal, Jane Ku, Maryam Khan, Marshia Akbar, Ayesha Mian Akram and Safiyya Hosein

This is both a live in person event and will be livestreamed on Zoom. Everyone registered will be sent a zoom link prior to the event.

Location: International Living and Learning Centre, London Paris Room, Toronto Metropolitan University, 240 Jarvis Street

Co-sponsored by the TMU Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, University of Windsor Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Alberta Press.

South Asian Feminisms in Diaspora explores how South Asian feminisms challenge exclusionary narratives in the Global North. Conceptualizing "South Asian" as a transnational conjuncture that links diasporic and mainland aspirations and anxieties, the contributors to this collection describe how, at what sites, and in what ways they encounter South Asianness, especially its complicity with mainstream political, social, and economic interests. The authors, from diverse South Asian communities and disciplines, describe their struggles with gendered aspects of religious and cultural identities, racism and white supremacy, postcolonial and diasporic identities, violence against women and labour organizing, and South Asian queerness, while critiquing mainstream representations of identity and culture. This collection connects scholars and scholarship at the nexus of diasporic South Asian studies and intersectional, transnational, and third-world feminisms.

Amina Jamal is Professor of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Jane Ku is Associate Professor in Women's and Gender Studies and Sociology at the University of Windsor.

Maryam Khan is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University.