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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810180703321

Autore

Schreiber Ronnee

Titolo

Righting feminism [[electronic resource] ] : conservative women and American politics / / Ronnee Schreiber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

9780198044185

0198044186

0-19-985182-4

9786611342258

0-19-991702-7

0-19-804418-6

1-281-34225-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 178 p. : ill

Disciplina

320.52082/0973

Soggetti

Women - Political activity - United States

Conservatism - United States

Feminism - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: Introduction -- TWO: Conservative Women's Political Activism -- THREE: Playing "Femball": CWA and IWF as Women's Organizations -- FOUR: Are Women Victims?: Framing Violence against Women -- FIVE: Finding Common Ground: Constructing Mothers' Interests -- SIX: Representing Women's Health Interests -- SEVEN: The Political Implications of Conservative Women's Activism -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on interviews with colorful conservative activists and extensive analyses of organizational documents,Righting Feminism offers a new way of understanding the unlikely intersection of women's activism and conservative politics in America today. Schreiber amply illustrates how conservative activists are often the beneficiaries of the very feminist



politics they oppose. Yet just as importantly, she demolishes two widely believed truisms: that conservatism holds no appeal to women and that modern conservatism is hostile to the very notion of women's activism.