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This presentation explores the power of several feminist street performances denouncing gender-based violence and other social injustices during the 21st century in Puerto Rico. By looking at images and learning about the historical and sociopolitical contexts of the street performances, we will examine how they had an effect on other social movements and the politics of the island. An emphasis is given to bodies as sites of political action and island feminist theory and praxis.
Speaker: Noralis Rodríguez Coss is a Puerto Rican feminist scholar, activist, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, United States. She is a co-founder of the Island Feminisms Project. Noralis’s interdisciplinary scholarship focuses on issues concerning gender violence; social constructions of gender and islands; feminist activism and public protests; and global perspectives on gender and transnational feminism.
Co-Sponsors: UF Center for Latin American Studies, UF Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies Research, and The Power Lab