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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Page 43
It all began with the nine - day Women for Life on Earth ' walk from Cardiff to
Greenham Common in late summer 1981 . This walk , drawing on the British
tradition of protest marches such as the Jarrow and Aldermaston marches , was
inspired ...
It all began with the nine - day Women for Life on Earth ' walk from Cardiff to
Greenham Common in late summer 1981 . This walk , drawing on the British
tradition of protest marches such as the Jarrow and Aldermaston marches , was
inspired ...
Page 110
And especially before all the big evictions started happening all the time , I used
to walk around the base nearly every day . And there are parts of the Common
that are just so beautiful . I loved to sit under the stars to see the harvest moon
just ...
And especially before all the big evictions started happening all the time , I used
to walk around the base nearly every day . And there are parts of the Common
that are just so beautiful . I loved to sit under the stars to see the harvest moon
just ...
Page 142
The Women for Life on Earth walk from Cardiff to Greenham had been initiated
and led by women , but a small number of men had taken part and stayed on to
live at Greenham when the camp was set up . At the beginning , ' women ' did not
...
The Women for Life on Earth walk from Cardiff to Greenham had been initiated
and led by women , but a small number of men had taken part and stayed on to
live at Greenham when the camp was set up . At the beginning , ' women ' did not
...
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Contents
Genealogies of Greenham | 13 |
Beginnings | 38 |
Geographies of Greenham | 68 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Common Women, Uncommon Practices: The Queer Feminisms of Greenham Lesbian and gay studies |
| Author | Sasha Roseneil |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cassell, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0304335541, 9780304335541 |
| Length | 340 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory |
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