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Women, resistance and revolution
Sheila Rowbotham
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Description for Women, resistance and revolution
Paperback.
This classic book provides a historical overview of feminist strands among the modern revolutionary movements of Russia, China and the Third World. Sheila Rowbotham shows how women rose against the dual challenges of an unjust state system and social-sexual prejudice. Women, Resistance and Revolution is an invaluable historical study, as well as a trove of anecdote and example fit to inspire today's generation of feminist thinkers and activists.
This classic book provides a historical overview of feminist strands among the modern revolutionary movements of Russia, China and the Third World. Sheila Rowbotham shows how women rose against the dual challenges of an unjust state system and social-sexual prejudice. Women, Resistance and Revolution is an invaluable historical study, as well as a trove of anecdote and example fit to inspire today's generation of feminist thinkers and activists.
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781681466
SKU
V9781781681466
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About Sheila Rowbotham
Sheila Rowbotham, who helped start the women's liberation movement in Britain, is known internationally as an historian of feminism and radical social movements. She is the author of the ground-breaking books Women, Resistance and Revolution; Woman's Consciousness, Man's World; and Hidden from History. Her later works include Dreamers of a New Day: and Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and ... Read more
Reviews for Women, resistance and revolution
Rowbotham is one of Britain's most important, if unshowy, feminist thinkers, and a key figure of the second wave.
Melissa Benn
The Guardian
Sheila's early writing paved the way for feminist thought and scholarship in Britain.
Lynne Segal
Melissa Benn
The Guardian
Sheila's early writing paved the way for feminist thought and scholarship in Britain.
Lynne Segal