The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism

Herausgeber: McCammon, Holly J; Einwohner, Rachel L; Reger, Jo; Taylor, Verta

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Produktbeschreibung

The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism provides a comprehensive examination of scholarly research and knowledge on a variety of aspects of women's collective activism in the United States, tracing both continuities and critical changes over time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 840
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 183mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 1578g
• ISBN-13: 9780190204204
• ISBN-10: 0190204206
• Artikelnr.: 47863614

Autorenporträt

Holly J. McCammon is Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and American Studies at Vanderbilt University. Verta Taylor is Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Faculty in Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jo Reger is Professor of Sociology and Director of Women and Gender Studies at Oakland University. Rachel L. Einwohner is Professor of Sociology at Purdue University.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Contributors
* Introduction
* Holly J. McCammon, Verta Taylor, Jo Reger, and Rachel Einwohner
* Part I: U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism through Time
* 1. Layers of Activism: Women's Movements and Women in Movements
Approaching the Twentieth Century
* Corrine McConnaughy
* 2. The Swells between the "Waves": American Women's Activism,
1920-1965
* Kristin Goss
* 3. Campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment and Liberal Feminism
* Kelsy Kretschmer and Jane Mansbridge
* 4. The Turn toward Socialist, Radical, and Lesbian Feminisms
* Beth Schneider and Janelle Pham
* 5. Contemporary Feminism and Beyond
* Jo Reger
* 6. Intersectionality: Origins, Travels, Questions, and Contributions
* Benita Roth
* 7. Mobilizing the Faithful: Conservative and Right Wing Women's
Movements in America
* Deana Rohlinger
* 8. The Historical Roots of a Global Feminist Perspective and the
Growing Global Focus among U.S. Feminists
* Heidi Rademacher and Kathleen Fallon
* Part II: Issues that Mobilize Women
* 9. Workplace Discrimination, Equal Pay, and Sexual Harassment: An
Intersectional Approach
* Eileen Boris and Allison Elias
* 10. Battles over Abortion and Reproductive Rights: Movement
Mobilization and Strategy
* Suzanne Staggenborg and Marie Skoczylas
* 11. Maternalist and Community Politics
* Ellen Reese, Ian Breckenridge-Jackson, and Julisa McCoy
* 12. Women's Health Social Movements
* Melinda Goldner
* 13. U.S. Women's Movements to End Violence against Women, Domestic
Abuse, and Rape
* Gretchen Arnold
* 14. Welfare, Poverty, and Low-Wage Employment
* Rose Ernst and Rachel Luft
* 15. Antifeminist, Pro-Life, and Anti-ERA Women
* Ronnee Schreiber
* Part III: Resistance, Mobilization, Strategy
* 16. The Dynamics and Causes of Gender and Feminist Consciousness and
Feminist Identities
* Pamela Aronson
* 17. Movement Emergence and Resource Mobilization: Organizations,
Leaders, and Coalition Work
* Nella Van Dyke
* 18. Identity Politics, Consciousness Raising, and Visibility Politics
* Nancy Whitter
* 19. Protest Events and Direct Action
* Anne Costain and Douglas Costain
* 20. Language and Its Everyday Revolutionary Potential: Feminist
Linguistic Activism in the U.S.
* Christine Mallinson
* 21. Sexuality, Bodies, Gender Identity, Sexual Fluidity, and
Performative Gender
* Shae Miller
* 22. From Ink to Web and Beyond: U.S. Women's Activism Using
Traditional and New Social Media
* Heather Hurwitz
* Part IV: Forums and Targets of Women's Activism
* 23. Inside the State: Activism within Legislative and Governmental
Agency Forums
* Lee Ann Banaszak and Anne Whitesell
* 24. Electoral Politics
* Nancy Burns, Ashley Jardina, and Nicole Yadon
* 25. U.S. Women's Legal Activism in the Judicial Arena
* Holly J. McCammon and Brittany Hearne
* 26. Women's Social Movements and Activism within the U.S. Military
* Tiffany Sanford-Jenson and Marla Kohlman
* 27. Push, Pull, and Fusion: Women's Activism and Religious
Institutions
* Rachel Einwohner, Reid Leamaster, and Benjamin Pratt
* 28. Women's Activism and Educational Institutions
* Alison Crossley
* 29. Women, Sports, and Activism
* Cheryl Cooky
* Part V: Women Inside Other Movements
* 30. Women's Actvism in the Modern Movement for Black Liberation
* Aisha Upton and Joyce Bell
* 31. Latinas in U.S. Social Movements
* Mary Pardo
* 32. Women in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement
* Leila Rupp, Verta Taylor, and Benita Roth
* 33. American Women's Environmental Activism: Motivations,
Experiences, and Transformations
* Kayla Stover and Sherry Cable
* 34. Gendered Activism and Outcomes: Women in the Peace Movement
* Lisa Leitz and David Meyer
* 35. Women's Activism in U.S. Labor Unions
* Mary Margaret Fonow and Suzanne Franzway
* 36. Women in the White Supremacist Movement
* Kathleen Blee and Elizabeth Yates
* Index