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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253344303321

Autore

Guest Carly

Titolo

Becoming Feminist [[electronic resource] ] : Narratives and Memories / / by Carly Guest

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-53181-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 240 p. 7 illus. in color.)

Collana

Citizenship, Gender and Diversity

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Sociology

Feminist theory

Personality

Social psychology

Social groups

Family

Historiography

Self

Identity (Psychology)

Gender Studies

Feminism

Personality and Social Psychology

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Historiography and Method

Self and Identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Narratives and memories of feminism -- Chapter 2. Rebecca: class, politics and family -- Chapter 3. Aaliyah and Jenny: feminist hope -- Chapter 4. Richa, Ruby and Beth: feeling feminism -- Chapter 5. The memory-work group: feminist belonging -- Chapter 6. Becoming feminist -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a novel, detailed and sensitive exploration of women's engagement with feminism. Centred on the themes of generations,



hope, emotions and belonging, each chapter attends to the specific and particular practices of 'becoming feminist' via a series of accessible case studies. Adopting a theoretical and methodological focus on narrative and memory, this original and absorbing work analyses the various and complex ways in which feminism and its histories are received and processed by some feminist women today. Its focus on the specificity of experience disrupts overarching narratives of feminism and its histories, whilst acknowledging that such narratives are often used to sustain, defend and maintain a secure feminist identity. In doing so, it develops a growing body of work concerned with the relationships women forge to feminism’s pasts, presents and futures, with a distinct focus on the stories feminist women tell about their lives. It will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, psychosocial studies, gender studies, women's studies and cultural studies.