Emejulu, A. and Bassel, L. (2020) The politics of exhaustion. City, 24 (1-2). pp. 400-406. ISSN 1360-4813
Abstract
Drawing on our comparative research project conducted in six European cities, this article proposes a tentative politics of exhaustion as a way to understand the promise and perils of women of colour activists’ solidarity work. Through an examination of how women of colour activists strategise, organise and mobilise, we demonstrate the political and psychological impact of exhaustion. To declare exhaustion, we argue, is to hail the equally exhausted to build solidarity. Understanding the politics of exhaustion can help shed light on the creative practices of women of colour activists in European cities today, as well as highlight the structural processes that demand activists’ exhaustion.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | women of colour; European cities; exhaustion; solidarity; social movements |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2024 10:24 |
Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2024 10:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13604813.2020.1739439 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210298 |