Making Trouble: Life and Politics - Couverture souple

Segal, Lynne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1852429372 ISBN 13 : 9781852429379

Editeur : Serpent's Tail, 2007

Synopsis

What happens when angry young rebels become wary older women, ageing in a leaner, meaner time: a time which exalts only the 'new', in a ruling orthodoxy daily disparaging all it portrays as the 'old'? Lives are assembled or fall to pieces through our passionate identifications with people, places and the multitude of other lures that inspire or betray us. But as the desires of one period mutate into the dilemmas of the next, the radical imagination struggles to sustain itself. Delving into her own life and those of others who left their mark on it, Lynne Segal tracks through time to consider her generation of female dreamers, what formed them, how they left their mark on the world, where they are now in times when pessimism seems never far from what remains of public life. Searching for answers, she studies her family history, sexual awakening, ethnic belonging, as well as the peculiarities of the time and place that shaped her own political journeys, with all their urgency, significance, pleasures and absurdities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lynne Segal is Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. Migrating from Australia to Britain in 1970, just when the women's liberation movement kicked off, she made her name as a feminist activist, writer and scholar. She has published widely across the spectrum of sexual politics, gender concerns and broader issues of social justice, most recently in support of Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives. Her books include New Sexual Agendas, Is the Future Female? and Why Feminism?: Gender, Psychology, Politics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Serpent's Tail
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1852429372
• ISBN 13: 9781852429379
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible