Feminism, sexuality, and politics [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / by Estelle B. Freedman
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| Autore: |
Freedman Estelle B. <1947->
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| Titolo: |
Feminism, sexuality, and politics [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / by Estelle B. Freedman
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.7082 |
| Soggetto topico: | Feminism - United States - History |
| Women's studies - United States | |
| Homosexuality - United States - History | |
| Sex - Political aspects - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-240) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Identities, values, and inquiries : a personal history -- Separatism as strategy : female institution building and American feminism, 1870-1930 -- Separatism revisited : women's institutions, social reform, and the career of Miriam Van Waters -- Women's networks and women's loyalties : reflections on a tenure case -- Small group pedagogy : consciousness raising in conservative times -- No turning back : the historical resilience of feminism -- The historical construction of homosexuality in the United States -- Uncontrolled desires : the response to the sexual psychopath, 1920-1960 -- The prison lesbian : race, class, and the construction of the aggressive female homosexual, 1915-1965 -- The burning of letters continues : elusive identities and the historical construction of sexuality -- When historical interpretation meets legal advocacy : abortion, sodomy, and same-sex marriage. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | One of a small group of feminist pioneers in the historical profession, Estelle B Freedman teaches and writes about women's history with a passion informed by her feminist values. This book brings together eleven essays that document the evolving relationship between academic feminism and political feminism as Freedman has studied and lived it. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Feminism, sexuality, and politics |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908794-8-6 |
| 0-8078-7710-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777607203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Gender & American culture.