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Autore |
Freedman Estelle B. <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Feminism, sexuality, and politics [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / by Estelle B. Freedman |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908794-8-6 |
0-8078-7710-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Collana |
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Gender and American culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Feminism - United States - History |
Women's studies - United States |
Homosexuality - United States - History |
Sex - Political aspects - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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