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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781105303321

Autore

Ferguson Kathy E

Titolo

Emma Goldman [[electronic resource] ] : political thinking in the streets / / Kathy Ferguson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Md.], : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011

ISBN

9781442210486

1442210486

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Collana

20th century political thinkers

Disciplina

335/.83092

B

Soggetti

Anarchists - United States

Feminists - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Most Dangerous Anarchist in America; Chapter 2. Anarchist Spaces; Chapter 3. The Anarchist Apprentice; Chapter 4. Gender and Genre; Chapter 5. How Could She Miss Race?; Chapter 6. Emma Goldman's Women; Chapter 7. Political Thinking in the Streets; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Emma Goldman has often been read for her colorful life story, her lively if troubled sex life, and her wide-ranging political activism. Few have taken her seriously as a political thinker, even though in her lifetime she was a vigorous public intellectual within a global network of progressive politics. Engaging Goldman as a political thinker allows us to rethink the common dualism between theory and practice, scrutinize stereotypes of anarchism by placing Goldman within a fuller historical context, recognize the remarkable contributions of anarchism in creating public life, and open up contem