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UNINA9910968061003321 |
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Autore |
Franzway Suzanne |
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Titolo |
Making feminist politics : transnational alliances between women and labor / / Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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9786613017703 |
9781283017701 |
1283017709 |
9780252093081 |
0252093089 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FonowMary Margaret <1949-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women in the labor movement |
Feminism - International cooperation |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Feminist politics and transnational labor movements -- Sexual politics, activism, and everyday life -- Sexual politics, labor, and the family -- Political spaces : centers, conferences, and campaigns -- Feminist politics in international labor -- Women's activism in the International Metalworkers' Federation -- Another world is possible for women, if -- Conclusion : the future of feminist politics in global union movements. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this timely and detailed examination of the intersections of feminism, labor politics, and global studies, Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow reveal the ways in which women across the world are transforming labor unions in the contemporary era. Situating specific case studies within broad feminist topics, Franzway and Fonow concentrate on union feminists mobilizing at multiple sites, issues of wages and equity, child care campaigns, work-life balance, and queer organizing, demonstrating how unions around the world are broadening their focuses from contractual details to empowerment and family and feminist issues. By connecting the diversity of women's experiences around the world both inside and outside the home and highlighting the innovative ways women workers attain their common |
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