ADDING HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE SHOPPING LIST: BRITISH WOMEN'S ABOLITIONIST BOYCOTTS AS RADICAL LEARNING AND PRACTICE.
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| Title: | ADDING HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE SHOPPING LIST: BRITISH WOMEN'S ABOLITIONIST BOYCOTTS AS RADICAL LEARNING AND PRACTICE. |
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| Alternate Title: | AGREGAR LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS A LA LISTA DE LA COMPRA: BOICOTS BOLICIONISTAS DE MUJERES BRITÁNICAS COMO APRENDIZAJE Y PRÁCTICA RADICALES. AJOUTER DES DROITS DE L'HOMME À LA LISTE D'ACHATS: BOYCOTTS DE L'ABOLITIONNISTE DES FEMMES BRITANNIQUES EN TANT QUE L'ÉTUDE ET PRATIQUE EN MATIÈRE DE RADICAL. |
| Authors: | Jubas, Kaela1 kaelaj@interchange.ubc.ca |
| Source: | Convergence. 2008, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p77-94. 18p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Women's studies, *Cultural studies, Consumer activism, Social movements, Abolitionists, Boycotts, Human rights, Consumerism |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| Abstract (English): | Working from a feminist/critical cultural studies perspective, which perceives culture and society as imbued with political tensions, I pose two central questions in this article. First, how can community-based, consumer activism be understood as a strategy adopted by marginalised groups to assert rights claims? I focus on British women's eighteenth- and nineteenth-century abolitionist boycotts as a case study of this understanding. These campaigns drew on women's socially defined roles as shoppers and consumers both to mobilise and publicise opposition to slavery, and to agitate further for women's political rights. Second, what are the implications of this case for adult education? The learning from this case study is multifaceted. It historicises the concepts of citizenship, human rights and consumerism so that, today, we can understand them as discourses that have developed to accommodate changing interests, pressures and tensions in civil society. This case also illuminates the complications of resistance, and the powerful political 'incidental teaming' (Foley 1999, 2001) which develops in the course of civic engagement, but is often overlooked precisely because it is unanticipated and embedded in action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): | Desde mi trabajo a partir de una perspectiva de estudios culturales feminista/crítica, que percibe la cultura y la sociedad como imbuida con tensiones politicas, planteo dos preguntas centrales en este artículo. En primer lugar, cómo puede entenderse el activismo del consumidor, basado en la comunidad, como una estrategia adoptada por grupos marginados para hacer valer la reivindicación de sus derechos. Me centro en boicots abolicionistas de mujeres británicas de los siglos XVIII y XIX como un estudio de caso de esta interpretación. Estas campañas se aprovecharon de los papeles de las mujeres definidos socialmente como compradoras y consumistas para movilizar y hacer pública la oposición a la esclavitud y para hacer campaña por los derechos politicos de las mujeres. En segundo lugar, cuáles son las consecuencias de este caso para la educación de personas adultas. El aprendizaje de este estudio de caso es multifacético. Estudia la historia de los conceptos de ciudadanía, derechos humanos y consumismo para que, hoy en día, podamos entenderlos como discursos que han sido desarrollados para dar cabida a intereses cambiantes, presiones y tensiones en la sociedad civil. Este caso también echa luz sobre las complicaciones de la resistencia y el poderoso 'aprendizaje incidental' político (Foley 1999, 2001) que se desarrolla en el curso del compromiso cívico, pero que a menudo se pasa por alto precisamente porque no puede preverse y se inserta en la acción. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (French): | Travaillant de perspective des études culturelles féministes/critiques qui perçoit la culture et la société comme imprégnée de tensions politiques, je pose deux questions centrales dans cet article. D'abord, comment peut-on comprendre l'activisme du consommateur à caractère communautaire comme stratégie adoptée par les groupes marginalisés pour affirmer des réclamations de droites? Je me concentre sur les boycotts abolitionnistes des femmes britanniques du dix-huitième siècle et du dix-neuvième siècle comme étude de cas de cette compréhension. Ces campagnes ont exploité les rôles des femmes socialement définis comme clients et consommateurs pour mobiliser et attirer l'attention sur l'opposition publique à l'esclavage, et faire campagne de plus pour les droits politiques des femmes. Deuxièmement, quelles sont les implications de cet exemple pour l'éduction des adultes? L'érudition de cette étude de cas est à multiples facettes. Il rend historique les concepts de la citoyenneté, des droits de i'homme et du consumérisme de sorte que, aujourd'hui, nous puissions les comprendre comme discours qui se sont développés pour adapter à des intérêts, a des pressions et a des tensions changeants dans la société civile. Ce cas illumine également les complications de la résistance, et 'l'apprentissage accessoire' politiquement puissant (Foley 1999, 2001) qui se développe au cours de la participation civique, mais qui est souvent ignoré exactement parce qu'il est imprévu et est enfoncé dans l'action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Working from a feminist/critical cultural studies perspective, which perceives culture and society as imbued with political tensions, I pose two central questions in this article. First, how can community-based, consumer activism be understood as a strategy adopted by marginalised groups to assert rights claims? I focus on British women's eighteenth- and nineteenth-century abolitionist boycotts as a case study of this understanding. These campaigns drew on women's socially defined roles as shoppers and consumers both to mobilise and publicise opposition to slavery, and to agitate further for women's political rights. Second, what are the implications of this case for adult education? The learning from this case study is multifaceted. It historicises the concepts of citizenship, human rights and consumerism so that, today, we can understand them as discourses that have developed to accommodate changing interests, pressures and tensions in civil society. This case also illuminates the complications of resistance, and the powerful political 'incidental teaming' (Foley 1999, 2001) which develops in the course of civic engagement, but is often overlooked precisely because it is unanticipated and embedded in action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00108146 |
