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Magic Tricks: The Politics of Memory, State, and Tribe in Lahaul, India

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Himika Bhattacharya
Meridians (2015) 13 (1): 157–185.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/meridians.13.1.157
Published: 01 September 2015
... sheds light on some key issues within the complex web of tribe and state politics in India. These two discourses co-constitute each other and transform Shalini's death from pertaining to (gendered) violence to eventually being dismissed as an accident. Thus, violence (against adivasi women) becomes...
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Challenging Convictions: Indigenous and Black Race-Radical Feminists Theorizing the Carceral State and Abolitionist Praxis in the United States and Canada

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Lena Palacios
Meridians (2016) 15 (1): 137–165.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/meridians.15.1.08
Published: 01 December 2016
...Lena Palacios Abstract This essay, with accompanying lesson plan, explores how race-radical women of color feminist activists—in particular, Black and indigenous feminists—identify, conceptualize, theorize, and resist the carceral state violence of white settler societies in both Canada...
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The Contours of Speaking Out: Gender, State Security, and Muslim Women’s Empowerment

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Azza Basarudin, Khanum Shaikh
Meridians (2020) 19 (1): 107–135.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-8117746
Published: 01 April 2020
...Azza Basarudin; Khanum Shaikh Abstract This article discusses the vexed relationship between women’s activism, state security, and feminist empowerment by focusing on the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) initiative, a program that seeks to build partnerships...
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Challenging Convictions: Indigenous and Black Race-Radical Feminists Theorizing the Carceral State and Abolitionist Praxis in the United States and Canada

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Lena Palacios
Meridians (2020) 19 (S1): 522–547.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-8566133
Published: 01 December 2020
...Lena Palacios Abstract This essay, with accompanying lesson plan, explores how race-radical Black and Indigenous feminists theorize and resist the carceral state violence of White settler nations of Canada and the United States. It focuses on the theoretical interventions driven by Indigenous...
View articletitled, Challenging Convictions: Indigenous and Black Race-Radical Feminists Theorizing the Carceral <span class="search-highlight">State</span> and Abolitionist Praxis in the United <span class="search-highlight">States</span> and Canada View PDF for article titled, Challenging Convictions: Indigenous and Black Race-Radical Feminists Theorizing the Carceral <span class="search-highlight">State</span> and Abolitionist Praxis in the United <span class="search-highlight">States</span> and Canada
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Taxation, Women, and the Colonial State: Egba Women's Tax Revolt

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Judith A. Byfield
Meridians (2003) 3 (2): 250–277.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-3.2.250
Published: 01 March 2003
...Judith A. Byfield Copyright © 2003 by Wesleyan University Press 2003 JUDITH A. BYFIELD Taxation,Women, and the Colonial State EgbaWomen'Ts axRevolt Introduction In his moving memoir, Ake:TheYearsofChildhoodW, ole Soyinka provides a dramatic account of a women's tax revolt in his hometown...
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Figure 2. March participants from the Northern state of Pará, which has dozens of quilombo communities—rural Black settlements often inhabited by descendants of for slaves or settled and cultivated by generations of Black families. Photo by Adriana Medeiros.

March participants from the Northern state of Pará, which has dozens of qu...

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in March against Racism and Violence and in Favor of Living Well ( bem viver) , Brasilia 2015 : National Black Women’s March November 18 > Meridians
Published: 01 December 2020
Figure 2. March participants from the Northern state of Pará, which has dozens of quilombo communities—rural Black settlements often inhabited by descendants of for slaves or settled and cultivated by generations of Black families. Photo by Adriana Medeiros. More
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Returning the American Gaze: Pandita Ramabai's The Peoples of the United States , 1889

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Meera Kosambi
Meridians (2002) 2 (2): 188–212.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-2.2.188
Published: 01 March 2002
... Christian - Ramabai addresses issues related to the separation of Church and State, the occasional double standards of the Church, the various Christian 198 MEERA KOSAMBI denominations and their interrelationships. With an unusual ability to share ideologies and solidarities across cultural divides, she...
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From the Center to the Margins: The Radicalization of Human Rights in the United States

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Laura H. Roskos
Meridians (2004) 4 (2): 129–136.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/MER.2004-4.2.129
Published: 01 March 2004
...Laura H. Roskos Copyright © 2004 by Smith College 2004 FromtheCentetrotheMargins: TheRadicalizatioonfHumanRights intheUnitedStates AFTERWARD BY LAURA H. ROSKOS What can human rights tell us about power? Throughout the winter of 2002-03, women in the United States participated with women...
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Between Orientalism and Anti-Muslim Racism: Pakistan, the United States, and Women’s Transnational Activism in the Early Cold War Interlude

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Elora Shehabuddin
Meridians (2021) 20 (2): 340–369.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-9547921
Published: 01 October 2021
... of a new sovereign Muslim-majority state. In the context of the nascent Cold War and the Pakistani state’s efforts to develop its own relationship with the United States, one that was distinct from that of India and yet motivated almost entirely by concerns about the greater military might of this large...
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An Intersectional Approach to Interrogating Rights: How the United States Does Not Comply with the Racial Equality Treaty

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Malia Lee Womack
Meridians (2022) 21 (1): 236–264.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-9554167
Published: 01 April 2022
...Malia Lee Womack Abstract The United States does not meet global human rights standards regarding economic, social, and cultural rights. In 1994 the United States ratified the United Nations core anti-racism treaty, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...
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Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States: A Traveling Public Art Exhibition

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Rickie Solinger
Meridians (2007) 7 (2): 63–70.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/MER.2007.7.2.63
Published: 01 March 2007
...Rickie Solinger Copyright © 2007 by Smith College 2007 RICKIE SOLINGER WAKEUP/ARTS InterruptedLife:Incarcerated Mothersin the United States A TravelingPublicArtExhibition The anti-prison movement in the United States is a growing activist front, partly because the numbers are so shocking...
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Figure 1. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, blue cover, eighteen-page typescript. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 1. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, blue cover, eighteen-page typescript. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America More
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Figure 2. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, foreword. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 2. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, foreword. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith More
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Figure 3. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 1. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 3. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 1. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith More
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Figure 4. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 2. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 4. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 2. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith More
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Figure 5. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 3. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 5. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 3. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith More
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Figure 6. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 4. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 6. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 4. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith More
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Figure 7. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 5. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 7. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 5. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith More
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Figure 8. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 6. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 8. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 6. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith More
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Figure 9. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 7. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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in Introduction to Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association “Southeast Asia and the United Nations” Discussion Group > Meridians
Published: 01 October 2019
Figure 9. Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America Discussion Group: “Southeast Asia and the United Nations,” April 1956, p. 7. Creator: Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association of the United States of America. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith More