Gender and Social Movements

AvBahati M. Kuumba

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Do men and women experience participation in social movements differently? Are gender roles reproduced or undermined during a struggle for liberation? In this brief text examining gender roles in social movements, M. Bahati Kuumba shows how liberation struggles are viewed through women's eyes and how gender affects women's mobilization, strategies, and outcomes in social movement organizations. Using two well-known examples, the American civil rights movement and the South African national liberation movement, Kuumba documents the circumscribed roles of women, the unheralded role of movement leaders such as Ella Baker and Frances Baard, and how gender affected movement activities and results. Gender and Social Movements is the ideal text to introduce a sophisticated view of race and gender into social movement courses.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-09-05
Mått:156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Gender Lens
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780759101876

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

M. Bahati Kuumba is Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Women's Research and Resource Center at Spelman College.

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M. Bahati Kuumba's contribution to The Gender Lens Series, Gender and Social Movements, is an interesting and useful primer on the gendering of social movements....Kuumba should be congratulated for making it clear that social movements scholars can no longer proceed as if their theories are gender-neutral or as if insurgency is not gendered. As well, she provides an insightful map of the gendered terrain of movements and contemporary research on this topic, replete with helpful theoretical and empirical examples from the [American Civil Rights movement] and [South African National Liberation movement].

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 1. The Social Movement as Gendered Terrain Chapter 2 2. Background and History: The Case Studies in Comparative Gender Perspective Chapter 3 3. Theorizing Gender in Social Movements Chapter 4 4. "Getting Fired Up": Gendered Factors in Movement Mobilization Chapter 5 5. Social Resistance Strategies: The Myth of Gender Neutrality Chapter 6 6. Repercussions: Gendered Interests and Social Movement Outcomes Chapter 7 References Chapter 8 Appendixes Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 About the Author

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