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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825345303321

Autore

Ferree Myra

Titolo

Varieties of feminism [[electronic resource] ] : German gender politics in global perspective / / Myra Marx Ferree

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8052-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FerreeMyra Marx

Disciplina

305.420943

Soggetti

Feminism - Germany - History

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

Practical theory and the politics of gender -- Creating women citizens : national frameworks for gender equality and self-determination, 1848-1968 -- Women themselves will decide : autonomous feminist mobilization, 1968-1978 -- Women help women : the women's project movement, 1975-1985 -- We want half the power : feminists and political institutions, 1982-1990 -- You can't make a state without women : German unification, 1990-1995 -- Kissing the frog? : Butler, Beijing, and Brussels remake gender relations, 1995-2005 -- Feminism, families, and the future : practical theory and global gender politics in the twenty-first century.

Sommario/riassunto

Varieties of Feminism investigates the development of German feminism by contrasting it with women's movements that arise in countries, like the United States, committed to liberalism. With both conservative Christian and social democratic principles framing the feminist discourses and movement goals, which in turn shape public policy gains, Germany provides a tantalizing case study of gender politics done differently.  The German feminist trajectory reflects new political opportunities created first by national reunification and later, by European Union integration, as wel