"The idea of feminism being everywhere and nowhere is a perfect
description of the contemporary movement. Jo Reger provides badly
needed new data on a movement that is still very much alive. By
looking at three contemporary communities of feminists, Reger shows
how feminism is practiced and shaped within different political and
cultural contexts. This book is an extremely welcome addition to
the literature on contemporary feminism. "-Suzanne Staggenborg,
Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh "Contesting
multiple myths circulating in popular culture, Everywhere and
Nowhere documents the nuances and diverse contexts of feminism in
the contemporary era. Exploring the factors that contribute to its
flourishing and the manifold forms feminism takes, Jo Reger paints
a rich portrait of vibrant modes of activism that transform
identities, communities, and cultural values."-Mary Hawkesworth,
Professor, Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers
University Challenging the idea that feminism in the United States
is dead or in decline, Everywhere and Nowhere examines the contours
of contemporary feminism. Through a nuanced investigation of three
feminist communities, Jo Reger shows how contemporary feminists
react to the local environment currently shaping their identities,
tactics, discourse, and relations with other feminist generations.
By moving the analysis to the community level, Reger illustrates
how feminism is simultaneously absent from the national, popular
culture-"nowhere"-and diffused into the foundations of American
culture-"everywhere." Reger addresses some of the most debated
topics concerning feminists in the twenty-first century. How do
contemporary feminists think of the second-wave generation? Has
contemporary feminism succeeded in addressing racism and classism,
and created a more inclusive movement? How are contemporary
feminists dealing with their legacy of gender, sex, and sexuality
in a world of fluid identity and queer politics? The answers, she
finds, vary by community. Everywhere and Nowhere offers a clear,
empirical analysis of the state of contemporary feminism while also
revealing the fascinating and increasingly complex development of
community-level feminist groups in the United States.
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