Mackay Radical Feminism

Feminist Activism in Movement
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-36358-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 324 Seiten

Reihe: Social Sciences (R0)

Feminism is not dead. This groundbreaking book advances a radical and pioneering feminist manifesto for today's modern audience that exposes the real reasons as to why women are still oppressed and what feminist activism must do to counter it through a vibrant and original account of the global Reclaim the Night March.

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Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mackay, F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Why March through this Book? 2. Surf's Up: Surfing the Second Wave 3. Feminist Tendencies 4. From Brussels to Leeds, San Francisco, Delhi: The Global March of Reclaim the Night 5. Tending To Borders 6. Repetitions Per Decade: Voices of Activists Past and Present 7. From 'Women' To 'Mixed' 8. Inclusion and Exclusion on Reclaim the Night 9. Motivations and Destinations: What do Feminists Want? 10. Conclusion: The Rally and After-party

Über Autor(innen)

Finn Mackay founded the London Feminist Network and revived the London Reclaim the Night in 2004, which sparked a national resurgence of this protest. She has been involved in feminist activism for 20 years and in 2006 was nominated by The Guardian as one of the UK's "World Changing Women". After a career in policy work on domestic violence prevention, she is now Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of England, UK.