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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777607203321

Autore

Freedman Estelle B. <1947->

Titolo

Feminism, sexuality, and politics [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / by Estelle B. Freedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006

ISBN

979-88-908794-8-6

0-8078-7710-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Gender and American culture

Disciplina

306.7082

Soggetti

Feminism - United States - History

Women's studies - United States

Homosexuality - United States - History

Sex - Political aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Identities, values, and inquiries : a personal history -- Separatism as strategy : female institution building and American feminism, 1870-1930 -- Separatism revisited : women's institutions, social reform, and the career of Miriam Van Waters -- Women's networks and women's loyalties : reflections on a tenure case -- Small group pedagogy : consciousness raising in conservative times -- No turning back : the historical resilience of feminism -- The historical construction of homosexuality in the United States -- Uncontrolled desires : the response to the sexual psychopath, 1920-1960 -- The prison lesbian : race, class, and the construction of the aggressive female homosexual, 1915-1965 -- The burning of letters continues : elusive identities and the historical construction of sexuality -- When historical interpretation meets legal advocacy : abortion, sodomy, and same-sex marriage.

Sommario/riassunto

One of a small group of feminist pioneers in the historical profession, Estelle B Freedman teaches and writes about women's history with a passion informed by her feminist values. This book brings together eleven essays that document the evolving relationship between academic feminism and political feminism as Freedman has studied and



lived it.