The Weatherwomen: Militant Feminists of the Weather Underground - Couverture souple

Rocha, Mona

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1476676658 ISBN 13 : 9781476676654

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2020

Synopsis

Assertive, tough, and idealistic, the Weatherwomen--members of the Weather Underground Organization (WUO) from the late 1960s--were determined to stamp out sexism and social injustice. They asserted that militancy was necessary in the pursuit of a socialist revolution that would produce gender, racial, and class equality. This book excavates their long buried history and reclaims the voices of the Weatherwomen.

The Weatherwomen's militant feminism had many facets. It criticized the role of women in the home, was concerned with the subordination of women to men, attacked the gender pay gap, and supported female bodily integrity. The Weatherwomen also refined their own feminist ideology into an intersectional one that would incorporate multiple identity perspectives beyond the white, American, middle-class perspective. In shaping a feminist vision for the WUO, the Weatherwomen dealt with sexism within their own organization and were dismissed by some feminist groups of the time as inauthentic. This work strives to recognize the WUO's militant feminist efforts, and the agency, autonomy, and empowerment of its female members, by concentrating on their actions and writings.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mona Rocha is an assistant professor of History at Clovis Community College. She has published on women's history, feminist theory, and pop culture, including articles on Buffy, Sherlock Holmes, Dungeons & Dragons, and Veronica Mars.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1476676658
• ISBN 13: 9781476676654
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 235
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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