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Not My Mother´s Sister: Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism

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Description for Not My Mother´s Sister: Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism Paperback. Rebellious generations and the emergence of new feminisms Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.

"No matter how wise a mother’s advice is, we listen to our peers." At least that’s writer Naomi Wolf’s take on the differences between her generation of feminists—the third wave—and the feminists who came before her and developed in the late ’60s and ’70s—the second wave. In Not My Mother’s Sister, Astrid Henry agrees with Wolf that this has been the case with American feminism, but says there are problems inherent in drawing generational lines.

Henry begins by examining texts written by women in the second wave, and illustrates how that generation identified with, yet also disassociated itself from, its feminist ... Read more

Just as writers like Wolf, Katie Roiphe, and Rene Denfeld celebrate a "new" feminist (hetero)sexuality posited in generational terms, queer and lesbian feminists of the third wave similarly distance themselves from those who came before. Henry shows how 1970s lesbian feminism is represented in ways that are remarkably similar to the puritanical portrait of feminism offered by straight third-wavers. She concludes by examining the central role played by feminists of color in the development of third-wave feminism. Indeed, the term "third wave" itself was coined by Rebecca Walker, daughter of Alice Walker.

Not My Mother’s Sister is an important contribution to the exchange of ideas among feminists of all ages and persuasions.

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Product Details

Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253217134
SKU
V9780253217134
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-27

About Astrid Henry
Astrid Henry is Louise R. Noun Chair in Women’s Studies at Grinnell College, where she teaches in the Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Program. Her essays have been published in the journals Women's Studies Quarterly and PMLA, as well as in anthologies such as Rethinking Women’s and Gender Studies, Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style, Reading "Sex and the ... Read more

Reviews for Not My Mother´s Sister: Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism
""Henry makes a convincing case that third-wave feminism can be viewed as the rebellion of young women against their mothers and as their desire to have a feminism of their own... "" —R. Claire Snyder, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2008 "Through analysis of second- and third-wave literature, Not My Mother's Sister provides an interesting psychological and ... Read more

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