Barbara Ryan

Feminism and the Women's Movement

Dynamics of Change in Social Movement Ideology and Activism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Feminism and the Women's Movement, Barbara Ryan integrates a broad historical view with an analytical framework drawn from the theory of social movements. Relying on participation and observation of diverse groups involved in the woman's movement, interviews with long-term activists, and readings of historical and contemporary movement publications, she discusses the changing nature of feminist ideology and movement organizing. Ryan portrays the successes and difficulties that women have faced in their efforts to effect social change in recent history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415905992
• ISBN-10: 0415905990
• Artikelnr.: 21314087

Autorenporträt

Barbara Ryan is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Widener University

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: THE EARLY WOMAN'S MOVEMENT: FROM EQUAL RIGHTS TO SUFFRAGE
Chapter 2: THE WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT AND THE AFTERMATH OF VICTORY
Chapter 3: RESURGENCE OF FEMINISM: THE CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
Chapter 4: IDEOLOGICAL PURITY: DIVISIONS
SPLITS
AND TRASHING
Chapter 5: SOCIAL MOVEMENT TRANSFORMATION: THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FROM 1975 TO 1982
Chapter 6: CHANGING ORIENTATIONS IN IDEOLOGY AND ACTIVISM
Chapter 7: AMERICAN WOMEN AND THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT DURING THE REAGAN/BUSH YEARS
Chapter 8: DIVISIONS REVISITED: PORNOGRAPHY. ESSENTIALISM/NOMINALISM
CLASS AND RACE
Chapter 9: THE SEARCH FOR A NEW MOBILIZING ISSUE: THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AFTER THE ERA
Chapter 10: CONCLUSION
Notes
Bibliography
Index