Common Women, Uncommon Practices: The Queer Feminisms of GreenhamThis is the story of a group of women of various ages, backgrounds, nationalities, and sexual orientations who met at the US Airforce base at Greenham Common. Based on in-depth interviews and her own personal experience, Sasha Roseneil reveals how their challenges to traditional values, politics, and lifestyles signaled a bold step forward for queer feminist politics. The voices of the women are strong, lively, engaging, and often very funny. The remembrances of their exciting, life-changing times at Greenham captures a moment in history when ordinary women did some extraordinary things. |
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He was in such a rage and took it out on me personally , though it wasn ' t my
decision . And he would not accept that it was a group decision . I was covered in
water from the waist down , which was tepid , mercifully , but he had no way of ...
He was in such a rage and took it out on me personally , though it wasn ' t my
decision . And he would not accept that it was a group decision . I was covered in
water from the waist down , which was tepid , mercifully , but he had no way of ...
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Those who didn ' t agree stayed away . It was after the women - only decision that
Greenham really started to grow in size and influence as new constituencies of
women were attracted to the camp and as the debate about Cruise heated up .
Those who didn ' t agree stayed away . It was after the women - only decision that
Greenham really started to grow in size and influence as new constituencies of
women were attracted to the camp and as the debate about Cruise heated up .
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... women - only decision 143 - 5 , 151 Jones , Helen Mary 38 , 274 on class and
ethnicity at Greenham 141 - 2 on impact ... on nuclear fear 312 on relationship
with her male partner 296 on sexual identity 306 on women - only decision 149
on ...
... women - only decision 143 - 5 , 151 Jones , Helen Mary 38 , 274 on class and
ethnicity at Greenham 141 - 2 on impact ... on nuclear fear 312 on relationship
with her male partner 296 on sexual identity 306 on women - only decision 149
on ...
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Contents
Common Women Uncommon Practices | 1 |
Genealogies of Greenham | 13 |
Beginnings | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Common Women, Uncommon Practices: The Queer Feminisms of Greenham Sasha Roseneil No preview available - 2000 |
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