During 1979–1988, feminism expanded beyond Western centers, adopting a transnational, intersectional frame that linked gender oppression to capitalist state power across regimes. This period prioritized cross-cultural dialogue, reflexivity, and contextual knowledge, moving toward plural epistemologies and recognizing diverse women's everyday strategies across borders. The resulting methodological mix favored comparative analysis, ethnography, and discourse-analytic approaches to map power, labor, and resistance in global contexts.