Feminist Identity Development and Activism in Revolutionary Movements - Unusual Suspects

Zusatztext "The aim of the book is to show how feministidentity development and nationalism can be interlinked. ? as a contribution tothe bodies of literature on conflict and peace studies! gender studies! theoryon nationalism and critical social movement theory! this book supplies thediscourse of 'women in war" with a fresh disrupting of the boundariesconstructed around the representation of women in armed conflict." (AnnetteBehrens! Interface! Vol. 7 (2)! November! 2015) Informationen zum Autor Theresa O'Keefe is Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth.   Klappentext This book examines how many women active in revolutionary movements develop feminist identities and how this identity simultaneously contributes to and conflicts with the struggle for women's emancipation. Zusammenfassung This book examines how many women active in revolutionary movements develop feminist identities and how this identity simultaneously contributes to and conflicts with the struggle for women's emancipation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Rethinking Women and Nationalism 2. Women's Troubles: Gender, Violence and the State 3. A Woman's Place is in the Armed Struggle? 4. The Mini-skirt Brigade: Distorting Women's Participation in Armed Conflict 5. The Rousing of Republican Feminism. . . 6. Reformation Versus Revolution? Feminist Genealogies in Conflict

List of contents

1. Rethinking Women and Nationalism 2. Women's Troubles: Gender, Violence and the State 3. A Woman's Place is in the Armed Struggle? 4. The Mini-skirt Brigade: Distorting Women's Participation in Armed Conflict 5. The Rousing of Republican Feminism. . . 6. Reformation Versus Revolution? Feminist Genealogies in Conflict

About the author

Theresa O'Keefe is Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth.
 

Product details

• Authors: &apos, Theresa keefe, O&apos, T O'Keefe, T. O'Keefe, Theresa O'Keefe, Theresa O''keefe
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2013
• EAN: 9780230236127
• ISBN: 978-0-230-23612-7
• No. of pages: 259
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Feminism, Politik und Staat, Feminismus und feministische Theorie, Human Rights, Political Science, Political Sociology, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science & theory, auseinandersetzen, Feminism & feminist theory, Social Justice, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminist Theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie