Could women be feminist without feminism? Could they foster
feminist activism without a movement or an ideology? Could they
recraft ways of being female without a plan? Feminist Lives adopts
a woman-centred approach to explore these questions and to
understand how British women charted a new way of being female in
the three decades before the Women's Liberation Movement. By
focusing on the 'transition' generation of women who were born in
the long 1940s and who grew to maturity in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s,
the book demonstrates that it was they who developed the
aspirational model of womanhood that then emerged after 1970 as the
norm amongst women in the global north. In doing so, Feminist Lives
seeks to fill 'the feminist history gap', countering a narrative
that has for too long neglected this generation of women as fusty
and failing, and as just not feminist enough. Using women's voices
as the book's evidential and emotional core as they describe
themselves, their relationships, their feelings and actions, this
volume analyses the modes by which women constructed a modern self,
built upon new ways of living, feeling, and being.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Lynn Abrams
(Professor of Modern History)
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Dimensions: |
234 x 153mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-289699-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-19-289699-7 |
Barcode: |
9780192896995 |
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