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Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002 (Hardcover)
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Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002 (Hardcover)
Series: British Academy Monographs
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This is the first in-depth historical study of feminist activism
against domestic violence in divided Berlin between 1968 and 2002.
Starting in the 1970s, feminists in West and then East Berlin
campaigned against domestic violence as a key issue of women's
inequality. They exposed the harmful gender norms that left women
unprotected and vulnerable to abuse in the home and called for this
to change. Indeed, domestic violence has been one of the issues
most effectively addressed by the women's movement in Germany.
Since the first shelter opened in West Berlin in 1976, women's
shelters have spread throughout the country, and today up to 45,000
women a year turn to emergency housing in Germany, with many more
accessing helplines and crisis centres. Situating domestic violence
activism within a broader history of feminism in post-war Germany,
Feminist Transformations traces the evolution of this movement both
across political division and reunification and from grassroots
campaign to established, professionalised social service. In doing
so, it brings the histories of feminism in East and West Berlin
together for the first time and explores how feminism successfully
changed women's rights in Germany. But it also asks what popular
and political support for domestic violence activism has meant for
feminism and the advancement of women's rights more broadly.
Examining the trajectory of feminism in Germany, Jane Freeland
reveals the limitations of gender equality as advancements in
women's rights were often built on the reassertion of patriarchal
gender roles.
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