1st Edition
Stirring It Challenges for Feminism
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
