Not my mother's sister [[electronic resource] ] : generational conflict and third-wave feminism / / Astrid Henry

• Autore: Henry Astrid <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42/0973
• Soggetto topico: Feminism - United States; Feminist theory - United States; Lesbian feminist theory - United States; African American women
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-263) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Daughterhood is powerful: the emergence of feminism's third wave -- Finding ourselves in the past: feminist generations and the development of second-wave feminism -- Taking feminism to bed: the third wave does the sex wars -- Neither my mother nor my lover: generational relations in queer feminism -- To be, or not to be, real: black feminists and the emerging third wave.
• Sommario/riassunto: ""No matter how wise a mother's advice is, we listen to our peers."" At least that's writer Naomi Wolf's take on the differences between her generation of feminists -- the third wave -- and the feminists who came before her and developed in the late '60s and '70s -- the second wave. In Not My Mother's Sister, Astrid Henry agrees with Wolf that this has been the case with American feminism, but says there are problems inherent in drawing generational lines.Henry begins by examining texts written
• Titolo autorizzato: Not my mother's sister
• ISBN: 9786612071492; 1-282-07149-1; 0-253-11122-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449836803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II