Immigrants in the Sexual Revolution
Andrew Shield
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Description for Immigrants in the Sexual Revolution
Hardback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 262 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 12 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTQ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book focuses on the latter half of the twentieth century, when much of northwest Europe grew increasingly multicultural with the arrival of foreign workers and (post-)colonial migrants, whilst simultaneously experiencing a boom in feminist and sexual liberation activism. Using multilingual newspapers, foreign worker organizations’ archives, and interviews, this book shows that immigrants in the Netherlands and Denmark held a variety of viewpoints about European gender and sexual cultures. Some immigrants felt solidarity with, and even participated in, European social movements that changed norms and laws in favor of women’s equality, gay and lesbian rights, and sexual liberation. These histories ... Read more
This book focuses on the latter half of the twentieth century, when much of northwest Europe grew increasingly multicultural with the arrival of foreign workers and (post-)colonial migrants, whilst simultaneously experiencing a boom in feminist and sexual liberation activism. Using multilingual newspapers, foreign worker organizations’ archives, and interviews, this book shows that immigrants in the Netherlands and Denmark held a variety of viewpoints about European gender and sexual cultures. Some immigrants felt solidarity with, and even participated in, European social movements that changed norms and laws in favor of women’s equality, gay and lesbian rights, and sexual liberation. These histories ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Series
Genders and Sexualities in History
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319496122
SKU
V9783319496122
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Andrew Shield
Andrew DJ Shield is Fellow and Lecturer at Roskilde University, Denmark, where he focuses on the intersections of immigration, race, gender, sexuality, and media in Europe. He lives and bikes in Copenhagen.
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