Enke / Walkowitz Finding the Movement

Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9038-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 386 Seiten

Reihe: Radical Perspectives

An analysis of the role public spaces—parks, clubs, book stores—played in shaping the feminist movement in three Midwestern cities during the 1960s and 1970s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Enke, Finn

Walkowitz, Daniel J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Series ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Locating Feminist Activism 1

Part 1: Community Organizing and Commercial Space

1. “Someone or Something Made That a Women’s Bar”: Claiming the Nighttime Marketplace 25

2. “Don’t Steal It, Read It Here”: Building Community in the Marketplace 62

Part 2: Public Assertion and Civic Space

3. “Kind of Like Mecca”: Playgrounds, Players, and Women’s Movement 105

4. Out in Left Field: Feminist Movement and Civic Athletic Space 145

Part 3: Politicizing Place and Feminist Institutions

5. Finding the Limit of Women’s Autonomy: Shelters, Health Clinics, and the Practice of Property 177

6. If I Can’t Dance Shirtless, It’s Not a Revolution: Coffeehouse, Clubs, and the Construction of “All Women” 217

Conclusion: Recognizing the Subject of Feminist Activism 252

Notes 269

Bibliography 335

Index 357

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Enke is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, History, and LGBT Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.