Politicizing and Feeling from a Feminist Perspective

Abstract

Marta Lamas’s book entitled Dolor y política: Sentir, pensar y hablar desde el feminismo (that could translate as, Pain and Politics: Feeling, Thinking, and Speaking from a Feminist Perspective) encourages the reader to reflect upon the role feminist politics should play in the construction of a progressive alternative. It reviews the author’s positions: her concerns, emotions, and lifetime struggles, especially after having been one of the key figures attacked by feminist groups and collectives. This book is not only a reflection about feminism, but also about the current time, the detours taken by some leftist movements, gains, losses, yearnings, attachments, and, in particularly internal disputes.