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Imagining Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Asia And The Women Of The Black Panther Party, Benjamin Young
Imagining Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Asia And The Women Of The Black Panther Party, Benjamin Young
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Using newspapers, autobiographies, and interviews, this article examines the ways in which women of the Black Panther Party imagined the women of Vietnam, China, and North Korea as radical archetypes during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Using Judy Wu’s theory of “radical orientalism” in conversation with Ashley Farmer’s concept of the “gendered imaginary,” I argue that the Panther women imagined the women of “the East” as pioneers in world revolution and women’s liberation in order to protest against gendered injustices within the Party and broader U.S. society. This article also investigates the realities on the ground for the women …