Globalizing Feminisms, 1789- 1945 (Rewriting Histories)
by Karen Offen
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This definitive Reader presents a coherent, comprehensive, comparative, and much-needed collective history of women's activism throughout the world. Including key pieces on the history of feminism from an international group of scholars, the book charts feminists' attempts to restore a balance of power between the sexes against a backdrop of huge cultural, social and political transitions across the world. The collection covers the period from the beginning of the French Revolution in show more 1789 - a turning point that gave rise to practical efforts to embody principles of rights, liberty, and equality on behalf of women as well as men - up until the end of World War II. The chapters reach out well beyond Europe and the Americas to examine the history of feminisms in Japan, India, China, the Middle East and Australasia. This diverse body of material is drawn together through a comprehensive general introduction, and individual section introductions. The chapters are also supported by a global timeline of events, and there is a bibliography of further reading. Contributors include Padma Anagol, Marilyn J. Boxer, Jacqueline R. DeVries, Ellen Carol DuBois, Louise Edwards, Ellen L. Fleischmann, Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild, Patricia Grimshaw, Inger Hammar, Nancy Hewitt, Francesca Miller, Barbara Molony, Karen Offen, Florence Rochefort, Leila J. Rupp, Sandra Stanley Holton, Anne Summers, Ann Taylor Allen, Angela Woollacott and Susan Zimmermann. show lessTags
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This reader, edited by Karen Offen, presents a comprehensive selection of articles dealing with feminism as an approach and as an object of study. The collection covers the period from the French Revolution in 1789 - a turning point in the struggle for equality - to the end of the Second World War.
The four sections deal with the beginnings of feminist activism, the relationship between feminism and religion, the formation of international feminist alliances and the reconceptualisation of historical narratives through a feminist lens. The focus is not only on the European and American perspective, but also on developments in Japan, India, China, the Middle East and Australasia.
The four sections deal with the beginnings of feminist activism, the relationship between feminism and religion, the formation of international feminist alliances and the reconceptualisation of historical narratives through a feminist lens. The focus is not only on the European and American perspective, but also on developments in Japan, India, China, the Middle East and Australasia.
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Karen Offen is a historian and independent scholar, affiliated as a Senior Scholar with the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University. Her previous publications include European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History (2000).
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- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, History, Economics, General Nonfiction
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- 305.4209 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Women Social role and status of women Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography
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- HQ1121 .G576 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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