Sisterhood is global : the international women's movement anthology / Robin Morgan ; cover design by Mauricio Díaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Robin, author.

Contributor:

Diaz, Mauricio, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1017 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A powerful and essential anthology that sheds light on the status of women throughout the world Hailed by Alice Walker as "one of the most important human documents of the century, " this collection of groundbreaking essays examines the global status of women's experiences, from oppression to persecution. Originally published in 1984, the compilation features pieces written by a diverse set of powerful women-journalists, politicians, grassroots activists, and scholars-from seventy countries. Author Robin Morgan, a champion of women's rights herself, expertly weaves these inspiring essays into one comprehensive feminist text. These compelling "herstories" contain thoroughly researched statistics on the status of women throughout the world. Each chapter focuses on a different country and includes data on education, government, marriage, motherhood, prostitution, rape, sexual harassment, and sexual preference. Sisterhood Is Global transcends political systems and geographical boundaries to unite women and their experiences in a way that remains unequalled, even decades after its first publication.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Contents; Preface to the Digital Edition; Preface to the 1996 Edition; Prefatory Note and Methodology; Introduction; Planetary Feminism: The Politics of the 21st Century by Robin Morgan; Afghanistan: Preface; The Silent Victims by Sima Wall; Algeria: Preface; The Day-to-Day Struggle by Fatma Oussedik; Argentina: Preface; The Fire Cannot Be Extinguished by Leonor Calvera; Australia: Preface; Women in a Warrior Society by Sara Dowse and Patricia Giles; Austria: Preface; Benevolent Despotism Versus the Contemporary Feminist Movement by Cheryl Benard and Edit Schlaffer

Brazil: PrefaceA Fertile but Ambiguous Feminist Terrain by Danda Prado; Britain: Preface; The Politics of Survival by Amanda Sebestyen; Canada: Preface; The Empowerment of Women by Greta Hofmann Nemiroff; Caribbean: Preface; The Dutch-Speaking Caribbean Islands: Fighting Until the End by Sonia M. Cuales; The English-Speaking Caribbean: A Journey in the Making by Peggy Antrobus and Lorna Gordon; The French-Speaking Caribbean: Haiti-A Vacation Paradise of Hell by Cacos La Gonaïve; The Spanish-Speaking Caribbean: We Women Aren't Sheep by Magaly Pineda; Chile: Preface

Finland: PrefaceThe Right to Be Oneself by Hilkka Pietilä; France: Preface; Feminism-Alive, Well, and in Constant Danger by Simone de Beauvoir; Germany (East): Preface; Witch Vilmma's Invention of Speech-Swallowing (A Parable) by Irmtraud Morgner; Germany (West): Preface; Fragmented Selves (A Collage) by Renate Berger, Ingrid Kolb, and Marielouise Janssen-Jurreit; Ghana: Preface; To Be a Woman by Ama Ata Aidoo; Greece: Preface; A Village Sisterhood by Margaret Papandreou; Guatemala: Preface; Our Daily Bread by Stella Quan; Hungary: Preface

The Nonexistence of "Women's Emancipation" by Suzanne KörösiIndia: Preface; A Condition Across Caste and Class by Devaki Jain; Indonesia: Preface; Multiple Roles and Double Burdens by Titi Sumbung; Iran: Preface; A Future in the Past-The "Prerevolutionary" Women's Movement by Mahnaz Afkhami; Ireland(s): Preface; Coping with the Womb and the Border by Nell McCafferty; Israel: Preface; Up the Down Escalator by Shulamit Aloni; Italy: Preface; A Mortified Thirst for Living by Paola Zaccaria; Japan: Preface; The Sun and the Shadow by Keiko Higuchl; Kenya: Preface

Not Just Literacy, but Wisdom by Rose Adhiambo Arungu-Olende

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 11, 2016).

ISBN:

9781504033244

1504033248

OCLC:

935669498