Springer Living for the Revolution

Black Feminist Organizations, 1968–1980
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8685-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

A study of Black feminist activism and organizations that challenges the prevailing academic and popular assumption that Black women have avoided feminist political ideology as irrelevant to their lives and the liberation of Black communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Springer, Kimberly

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Organizational Abbreviations vii

Acknowledgments ix

1. The Soul of Women's Lib 1

2. No longer Divided against Ourselves 45

3. Barbecue and Bake Sales Won't Fund a Movement 65

4. Black Women's Issues as Feminist Issues 88

5. Black Feminist Identities in Contestation 113

6. War-Weary Warriors 139

Conclusion 168

Epilogue 173

Appendix A: Interviews by Organization 181

Appendix B: Interview Questions 183

Appendix C: Statements of Purpose 185

Notes 191

Index 217

Über Autor(innen)

Kimberly Springer is a lecturer in American Studies at Kings College, University of London. She is the editor of Still Lifting, Still Climbing: African American Women’s Contemporary Activism.