The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism provides a comprehensive examination of scholarly research and knowledge on a variety of aspects of women's collective activism in the United States, tracing both continuities and critical changes over time.
The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism provides a comprehensive examination of scholarly research and knowledge on a variety of aspects of women's collective activism in the United States, tracing both continuities and critical changes over time.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Holly J. McCammon, Verta Taylor, Jo Reger, and Rachel Einwohner
- Part I: U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism through Time
- 1. Layers of Activism: Women's Movements and Women in Movements Approaching the Twentieth Century
- Corrine McConnaughy
- 2. The Swells between the "Waves": American Women's Activism, 1920-1965
- Kristin Goss
- 3. Campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment and Liberal Feminism
- Kelsy Kretschmer and Jane Mansbridge
- 4. The Turn toward Socialist, Radical, and Lesbian Feminisms
- Beth Schneider and Janelle Pham
- 5. Contemporary Feminism and Beyond
- Jo Reger
- 6. Intersectionality: Origins, Travels, Questions, and Contributions
- Benita Roth
- 7. Mobilizing the Faithful: Conservative and Right Wing Women's Movements in America
- Deana Rohlinger
- 8. The Historical Roots of a Global Feminist Perspective and the Growing Global Focus among U.S. Feminists
- Heidi Rademacher and Kathleen Fallon
- Part II: Issues that Mobilize Women
- 9. Workplace Discrimination, Equal Pay, and Sexual Harassment: An Intersectional Approach
- Eileen Boris and Allison Elias
- 10. Battles over Abortion and Reproductive Rights: Movement Mobilization and Strategy
- Suzanne Staggenborg and Marie Skoczylas
- 11. Maternalist and Community Politics
- Ellen Reese, Ian Breckenridge-Jackson, and Julisa McCoy
- 12. Women's Health Social Movements
- Melinda Goldner
- 13. U.S. Women's Movements to End Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse, and Rape
- Gretchen Arnold
- 14. Welfare, Poverty, and Low-Wage Employment
- Rose Ernst and Rachel Luft
- 15. Antifeminist, Pro-Life, and Anti-ERA Women
- Ronnee Schreiber
- Part III: Resistance, Mobilization, Strategy
- 16. The Dynamics and Causes of Gender and Feminist Consciousness and Feminist Identities
- Pamela Aronson
- 17. Movement Emergence and Resource Mobilization: Organizations, Leaders, and Coalition Work
- Nella Van Dyke
- 18. Identity Politics, Consciousness Raising, and Visibility Politics
- Nancy Whitter
- 19. Protest Events and Direct Action
- Anne Costain and Douglas Costain
- 20. Language and Its Everyday Revolutionary Potential: Feminist Linguistic Activism in the U.S.
- Christine Mallinson
- 21. Sexuality, Bodies, Gender Identity, Sexual Fluidity, and Performative Gender
- Shae Miller
- 22. From Ink to Web and Beyond: U.S. Women's Activism Using Traditional and New Social Media
- Heather Hurwitz
- Part IV: Forums and Targets of Women's Activism
- 23. Inside the State: Activism within Legislative and Governmental Agency Forums
- Lee Ann Banaszak and Anne Whitesell
- 24. Electoral Politics
- Nancy Burns, Ashley Jardina, and Nicole Yadon
- 25. U.S. Women's Legal Activism in the Judicial Arena
- Holly J. McCammon and Brittany Hearne
- 26. Women's Social Movements and Activism within the U.S. Military
- Tiffany Sanford-Jenson and Marla Kohlman
- 27. Push, Pull, and Fusion: Women's Activism and Religious Institutions
- Rachel Einwohner, Reid Leamaster, and Benjamin Pratt
- 28. Women's Activism and Educational Institutions
- Alison Crossley
- 29. Women, Sports, and Activism
- Cheryl Cooky
- Part V: Women Inside Other Movements
- 30. Women's Actvism in the Modern Movement for Black Liberation
- Aisha Upton and Joyce Bell
- 31. Latinas in U.S. Social Movements
- Mary Pardo
- 32. Women in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement
- Leila Rupp, Verta Taylor, and Benita Roth
- 33. American Women's Environmental Activism: Motivations, Experiences, and Transformations
- Kayla Stover and Sherry Cable
- 34. Gendered Activism and Outcomes: Women in the Peace Movement
- Lisa Leitz and David Meyer
- 35. Women's Activism in U.S. Labor Unions
- Mary Margaret Fonow and Suzanne Franzway
- 36. Women in the White Supremacist Movement
- Kathleen Blee and Elizabeth Yates
- Index
