Disarming Patriarchy: Feminism and Political Action at GreenhamIn Disarming Patriarchy, Sasha Roseneil examines the ways in which feminists can resist and transform relations of male domination and female subordination. It is an important contribution to the debates which surround feminism, politics, identity, sexuality and militarism. It is also about one of the most momentous social movements of the twentieth century, a movement which galvanized into action hundreds of thousands of women, confronting patriarchal ideas and challenging the foundations of militarism. Disarming Patriarchy is the first in-depth sociological study of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, and is an important contribution to the understanding of women's agency and feminist politics, and to the analysis of contemporary social movements. Disarming Patriarchy is important reading for students of women's studies, sociology, politics and international relations and for everyone interested in our recent social history. |
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Page 55
... never feel that you are quite getting anywhere . That's why Greenham seemed to offer a real channel . ( Carmel Cadden , 30 , camper ) However , not all the women interviewed were initially well informed about the state of the arms race ...
... never feel that you are quite getting anywhere . That's why Greenham seemed to offer a real channel . ( Carmel Cadden , 30 , camper ) However , not all the women interviewed were initially well informed about the state of the arms race ...
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... never really had friendships with women on their own . When you're mar- ried , you have friendships with another couple [ . . . ] When we first formed the group in Derby it just opened my eyes . I'd never seen anything like it . It was ...
... never really had friendships with women on their own . When you're mar- ried , you have friendships with another couple [ . . . ] When we first formed the group in Derby it just opened my eyes . I'd never seen anything like it . It was ...
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... never split over the issue of non - violent direct action in the way that it had been in the 1950s ( see Randle 1987 ) , and even the cutting of fences around military bases ( ' snowball actions ' ) became a widespread practice in the ...
... never split over the issue of non - violent direct action in the way that it had been in the 1950s ( see Randle 1987 ) , and even the cutting of fences around military bases ( ' snowball actions ' ) became a widespread practice in the ...
Contents
The origins of Greenham | 14 |
The making of Greenham | 30 |
theorizing practice and practising theory | 60 |
Copyright | |
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