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Examines feminist strategies of persistence and adaptation in Central America from the 1980s to 2020.
A Praxis of Persistence establishes persistence as a framework for understanding methods of feminist activism in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Blending literary and ethnographic approaches, Kenna Neitch analyzes texts produced by activist movements from the 1980s to 2020—from collective testimonio to institutional publications (encuentros) to social media—and connects them to the movements' cultural impact and organizing practices, such as generative conflict, horizontal cross-border networks, and what she terms strategic adaptability. What these texts and practices have in common, Neitch argues, is feminist persistence—a balance of action, preservation, and creation adaptable across contexts. A Praxis of Persistence provides one of the first scholarly accounts of #MeToo in Central America while remaining grounded in the region's lineage of activism against sexual violence. Through the framework of persistence, this book highlights the vitality of Central American women's activism and offers a repertoire of methods for reckoning with the realities of uneven progress in feminist struggle.
"An accessible, timely, much-needed study. With its consideration of #MeToo movements and similar activism in Honduras and Nicaragua, A Praxis of Persistence brings discussions of Central American women's organizing and agency into the twenty-first century. Nietch's cross-cultural case studies, emphasis on discursivity, and seamless integration of qualitative and quantitative methods make her approach and analysis all the more robust and multifaceted. I cannot think of another book that shows as this one does the vital importance of understanding Central American women's activism as part of a larger global conversation." — Yajaira M. Padilla, author of From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever Illegals: US Central Americans and the Cultural Politics of Non-Belonging
Kenna Neitch is Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University.
Foreword
Introduction
1. Transgressive Testimonio: Persistence and Strategic Adaptability in the Salvadoran Civil War
2. Seeing and Sustaining Each Other: Postwar Encuentros as Feminist Tool and Genre
3. Liberatory Adaptations of Complementarity at the 2002 First Summit of the Indigenous Women of the Americas
4. Call Out, Call In: Two Approaches to Testimonial Justice in Central America's #MeToo
Continuaciones
Notes
Bibliography
Index