A feminist perspective on autonomism and commoning, with reference to Zimbabwe

Alexander, Tarryn; Helliker, Kirk D

Title: A feminist perspective on autonomism and commoning, with reference to Zimbabwe
Creator: Alexander, Tarryn
Creator: Helliker, Kirk D
Date Issued: 2016
Date: 2016
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71374
Identifier: vital:29838
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2016.1235353
Description: This article engages with the autonomist Marxism of John Holloway from a feminist standpoint. The positions developed by this feminist critique are used to shed new light on the land occupations in contemporary Zimbabwe. Though sympathetic to his work, we argue that Holloway does not sufficiently address gender identity with specific reference to social reproduction and women. The notions of the commons and the process of commoning are consistent with Holloway’s autonomist framework and its complementarities to Silvia Federici’s Marxist feminist lens on the commons is highlighted. Against a tendency within autonomist and commoning theories, we argue for a pronounced identitarian politics as grounded in localised struggles undertaken by women as women. We privilege the significance of women asserting and revaluing their identities as part of a possible project of transformation. For us, struggling against and beyond what exists is invariably rooted in struggles within what exists (including identities).
Format: 14 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Relation: Alexander, T. and Helliker, K., 2016. A feminist perspective on autonomism and commoning, with reference to Zimbabwe. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 34(3), pp.404-418.
Relation: Journal of Contemporary African Studies volume 34 number 3 404 418 October 2016 0258-9001
Rights: Taylor and Francis
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Taylor and Francis Online Open Journals statement (https://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess/openjournals)

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