Breaking the Wave: Women, Their Organizations, and Feminism, 1945-1985 - Women, Their Organizations, and Feminism, 1945-1985 (Hardcover)

The 'waves' metaphor remains the dominant conceptual framework for analyzing and explaining the movements for women's rights, particularly in the United States but also throughout the world. However a growing belief has emerged that the various forms of civic and political engagement and institution-building employed by women's rights activists should be recognized as essential to the development of feminist thought and action throughout time, and not just concentrated in these 'waves'. Breaking the Wave is the first anthology of original essays by both younger and established scholars that takes a long view of feminist activism by systematically examining the dynamics of movement persistence during moments of reaction and backlash. Ranging from the 'civic feminism' of white middle-class organizers and the 'womanism' of Harlem consumers in the immediate postwar period, to the utopian feminism of Massachusetts lesbian softball league founders and environmentally minded feminists in the 1970s and 1980s, Breaking the Wave documents a continuity of activism in both national and local organizing that creates a new discussion, and a new paradigm, for twentieth century women's history.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Directions in American History
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	2011
Editors:	Kathleen A. Laughlin • Jacqueline Castledine
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-87397-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-415-87397-5
Barcode:	9780415873970

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