Common Women, Uncommon Practices: The Queer Feminisms of GreenhamThis is a book about how individual, social, political and cultural change is created through the actions of ordinary women. It is about a unique community of women where conventions were overturned and lives transformed, and it is about a social movement in which tens of thousands of women confronted the police and military to resist the momentum towards nuclear war. The women's peace camp at Greenham Common represented a new direction for feminism in Britain, a queer post-modern feminism which broke with tradition and destabilized certainties. This book weaves together stories of life at Greeham with analysis of its politics. The voices of Greenham women describe living outdoors, in all weathers, in a diverse and ever-changing community of strong-minded women - the pleasures and the problems. Tales of actions and arrest, court and prison are told, and the changes wrought by these experiences are explored. Women speak of the transformations in their lives which took place at Greenham, of sex and sexuality, relationships, friendship and love. |
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... hands to till the earth and bring up cattle , and the blessing of the earth shall be common to all ; when a man hath need of any corn or cattle , take from the next store - house he meets with . There shall be no buying and selling , no ...
... hands to till the earth and bring up cattle , and the blessing of the earth shall be common to all ; when a man hath need of any corn or cattle , take from the next store - house he meets with . There shall be no buying and selling , no ...
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... hand over control of the account to women living at Greenham , but refused . They refused also to withdraw money to ... hands , this role was to circulate each week and there were to be several signatories to the new account , so that ...
... hand over control of the account to women living at Greenham , but refused . They refused also to withdraw money to ... hands , this role was to circulate each week and there were to be several signatories to the new account , so that ...
Page 199
... hands . People were like pushing their non - violence to the limit that day . The cops were being real shits and people were really angry at them . They were really angry about the base and they were really angry and they were really ...
... hands . People were like pushing their non - violence to the limit that day . The cops were being real shits and people were really angry at them . They were really angry about the base and they were really angry and they were really ...
Contents
Action Stories | 186 |
Queerying Authority | 227 |
Queering Lives | 277 |
Copyright | |
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Common Women, Uncommon Practices: The Queer Feminisms of Greenham Sasha Roseneil No preview available - 2000 |
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