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Women and social protest / edited by Guida West, Rhoda Lois Blumberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Political activity.
- Women.
- Women's rights.
- Social movements.
- Feminism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the role of women in social protest movements in many countries, concentrating on four categories of protest: those resulting from economic hardship; racial, ethnic, or nationalist struggles; humanistic, global causes; and feminist movements.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Reconstructing Social Protest from a Feminist Perspective; Part I: Women in Grass-Roots Protests for Economic Survival; Part II: Women in Racial/Ethnic and Nationalist Struggles; Part III: Women in Social-Nurturing/Humanistic Protests; Part IV: Women in Women's Rights Protests; Bibliography; Contributors; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-383) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-34670-5
- 0-19-802270-0
- OCLC:
- 476016169
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