One hundred years of feminist activism, from the 1880s to the 1980s,
presented multiple paths for women’s search for equality, autonomy,
and dignity. Women fashioned different dreams of freedom and social
transformation, yet what is Canadian feminism? Demanding Equality
illustrates feminist thought and organizing from
mid-nineteenth-century, Enlightenment-inspired writing to the
multi-issue movement of the 1980s, with its focus on feminism as a
collective project of resistance. Instead of equating feminism solely
with women’s search for individual independence and equality with
men, Joan Sangster argues that the pursuit of different pathways to
equality often created a hybrid politics in which emancipation was
intertwined with, and propelled by, struggles against related
injustices such as racism, war, colonialism, economic disparity, or
homophobia. She also challenges the popular “wave” theory that
identifies successive surges of equality seeking, concluding that
feminist activism was continuous despite changing significantly across
decades. Demanding Equality presents a picture of a heterogeneous
movement characterized by both alliances and fierce internal debates.
This comprehensive rear-view look at feminism in all its political
guises encourages a wider public conversation about what Canadian
feminism has been, is, and should be.
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One Hundred Years of Canadian Feminism
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774866088
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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