Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism (Radical Perspectives)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822340836 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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They created alternative spaces, such as coffeehouses, where women could socialize and organize. In Finding the Movement, Anne Enke reveals that diverse women’s engagement with public spaces gave rise to and profoundly shaped second-wave feminism. Paul during the 1960s and 1970s, Enke describes how women across race and class created a massive groundswell of feminist activism by directly intervening in the urban landscape. They secured illicit meeting spaces and gained access to public athletic fields. They fought to open bars to women and abolish gendered dress codes and
Thought-provoking work on feminism, space and power Constant Reader I'll start with a confession: I am an academic-- and that matters, because this book, while accessible (I think) to an interested audience, is also aimed at academic readers. There's a bit of jargony-feeling language (normally I don't recommend anything that uses "heteronormativity" constantly as a fun read), but none of it is unnecessary and it's never hard to understand what she's saying, and she does a good job of interspersing her discussion with first-person stories and concrete examples. Her interest is in exploring the evolution of the feminist movement in. "Beyond any "Great Woman" view of history" according to Beth Elliott. This is a very thorough and nuanced look at how women in the days of "second wave" feminism created resources and space for community through DIY actions. Rather than a "Great Woman" overview of women's liberation leaders/media figures, Enke provides a detailed and intimate look at things supposedly ordinary feminist women did to create nurturing institutions and have fun. While "Finding the Movement" concentrates on the Upper Midwest, it describes dynamics of a certain time common to a creative upswelling that was nationwide. This book lifts the 1970s granola cr
“In places like softball fields, church basements, and dance floors, Anne Enke locates a cast of compelling characters who don’t usually make it into history books. Enke forces us to think freshly about the 1960s, political mobilization, and the ways that people change the world around them.”—John D’Emilio, coauthor of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America. The result is a startlingly original history of second-wave feminism