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The Acceptable Face of Feminism
Maggie Andrews
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Paperback. The British Women's Institute is more often associated with jam and Jerusalem than radical activity, but in this book Maggie Andrews explores the WI's relationship with feminism from the formation of the organisation in 1915 up to the eve of British feminism's renaissance in the late 1960s. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; JFFK; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
The British Women's Institute is more often associated with jam and Jerusalem than radical activity, but in this book Maggie Andrews explores the WI's relationship with feminism from the formation of the organisation in 1915 up to the eve of British feminism's renaissance in the late 1960s. The book aims to challenge, not only common sense perceptions about the Women's Institute but also those about feminism, interrogating preoccupations with domestic spaces and skills. This makes it is valuable reading for those interested in both historical and contemporary feminism, as well as, more broadly, the history of the twentieth century. Attention ... Read more
The British Women's Institute is more often associated with jam and Jerusalem than radical activity, but in this book Maggie Andrews explores the WI's relationship with feminism from the formation of the organisation in 1915 up to the eve of British feminism's renaissance in the late 1960s. The book aims to challenge, not only common sense perceptions about the Women's Institute but also those about feminism, interrogating preoccupations with domestic spaces and skills. This makes it is valuable reading for those interested in both historical and contemporary feminism, as well as, more broadly, the history of the twentieth century. Attention ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
322 g
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910448168
SKU
V9781910448168
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Ref
99-12
About Maggie Andrews
Maggie Andrews is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Worcester; her research and publications have explored the inter-relationship of domesticity and femininity and most recently the Home Front in the First and Second Word Wars in Britain.
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