1st Edition
Stirring It Challenges for Feminism
First published in 1994 Stirring It debates the challenges which confront feminism and Women's Studies in the 1990s. In the face of current worldwide political and social upheavals, Stirring It poses questions about women, their bodies, their identities, and positions which need to be addressed by contemporary feminists. The chapters therefore challenge the orthodoxies and theories which are exploded by contemporary feminist practice. They raise new issues for feminist debate. The volume is divided into four sections: ‘Feminist Politics in Action’ investigates the inter-relationship between politics and action with reference to issues such as the women's movement in Britain and women's position in and in relation to Ireland; ‘Disrupting Sexual Identities’ provides critiques of heterosexuality, monogamy, and conceptualization of the female body; ‘Imaging and Imagining’ explores the politics of women's cultural production and ‘Women's Studies and Feminist Practice’ analyzes the often fraught connections between theory and practice. This is a must read for scholars and researchers of Women's Studies, Sociology, and Gender Studies.
Introduction: Stirring It: Challenges for Feminism Gabriele Griffin, Marianne Hester, Shirin Rai, And Sasha Roseneil Section I: Feminist Politics in Action Introduction 1. Paying Our Disrespects to the Bloody States We’re In: Women, Violence, Culture and the State Ailbhe Smyth 2. History Of Women's Liberation Movements in Britain: A Reflective Personal History Jill Radford 3. Non-Decision Making... A Management Guide to Keeping Women's Interest Issues Off the Political Agenda Jennifer Marchbank Section II: Disrupting Sexual and Gender Identities? Introduction 4. Dire Straights? Contemporary Rehabilitations of Heterosexuality Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger 5. Flaunting The Body: Gender and Identity in American Feminist Performance Angelika Czekay 6. Anti-Monogamy: A Radical Challenge to Compulsory Heterosexuality? Becky Rosa Section III: Imaging and Imagining Introduction 7. Angry Young Women? Sex and Class in Neil Dunn's Up the Junction Kim Clancy 8. ‘Not Happy but Hopeful’: Readers of Catherine Cookson in the Northeast of England Sue Thornham, Elaine Brown, Angela Werndley 9. Splitting the Difference: Adventures in the Anatomy and Embodiment of Women Margrit Shildrick and Janet Price Section IV: Women's Studies And Feminist Practice Introduction 10. Interventions in Hostile Territory Lynda Birke 11. Eastern European Women with Western Eyes Nora Jung 12. Relations among Women: Using the Group to Unite Theory and Experience Wendy Hollway Notes on Contributors Index
Biography
Gabriele Griffin, Marianne Hester, Shirin Rai, and Sasha Roseneil
