Handbook of Gender and Activism

Edited by Jo Reger, Professor of Sociology, Oakland University, Rachel L. Einwohner, Professor of Sociology, Purdue University and Kelsy Kretschmer, Associate Professor of Sociology, Oregon State University, USA

• Contents1 Introduction: gender, activism, the binary, and beyond 1Rachel L. Einwohner, Kelsy Kretschmer and Jo RegerPART I ALONG THE BINARY2 Gender deployment and resistance in women’s movements andmodern feminism 28Katie Mueller and Jo Reger3 Intersectional diminishment and Black feminist invisibility insocial movement dynamics 52Melissa C. Brown4 How gender hierarchies shape activism: the relationship betweeneveryday action and extraordinary activism in cases from Sweden 74Anna-Britt Coe5 The Saudi feminist movement: obstacles, challenges andopportunities 96Zahia Smail Salhi6 Masculinity and social movements 121Emily K. CarianPART II BEYOND THE BINARY7 Theorizing gender and social movements beyond the binary 139Nancy Whittier8 Bodily autonomy and the limits of gender-based activism inorganizing beyond the binary 163Zachary D. Palmer and Elle Rochford9 Asexuality: lessons for gender activism 186Canton Winer10 Intersex social movements: from medical disorder to selfdetermination 209Angelika von Wahl11 Gender identity, national culture, language and activism: the caseof Iceland 231Þorgerꝺur J. Einarsdóttir, Jyl Josephson and Laufey AxelsdóttirPART III APPLICATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS12 Emotions, gender and politics in Mexican women’s collectives 263Tommaso Gravante and Alice Poma13 The gendered dimensions of movements for racial justice 284Aisha Upton and Jalia Joseph14 Could leaderless networked social movements transform women’smarginalization in social activism? A multi-dimensionalframework 302Susanne YP Choi15 Racial capitalism and Black women’s struggle for reproductivejustice 330Crystal Nicole Eddins16 Gender, crises, and mobilisations in Europe 354Silke Roth17 Contesting the gender binary in wartime: Ukrainian women’sresistance to Russia’s aggression 382Olena Nikolayenko

‘This timely Handbook illuminates gender activism through rich case studies spanning Iceland to Mexico. With its innovative perspective beyond the gender binary, it deftly challenges what gender really means for social movements. This vital collection offers scholars and students fresh insights into contemporary gendered movements and significantly advances our understanding of activism and social change.’