Daughters of 1968 Redefining French Feminism and the Women's Liberation Movement / Lisa Greenwald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenwald, Lisa (Historian), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--France--History--20th century.

Women's rights.

Feminism--France--History--20th century.

Feminism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

Summary:

Daughters of 1968 is the story of French feminism between 1944 and 1981, when feminism played a central political role in the history of France.The key women during this epoch were often leftists committed to a materialist critique of society and were part of a postwar tradition that produced widespread social change, revamping the workplace and laws governing everything from abortion to marriage. The May 1968 events-with their embrace of radical individualism and antiauthoritarianism-triggered a break from the past, and the women's movement split into two strands. One became universalist and intensely activist, the other particularist and less activist, distancing itself from contemporary feminism. This theoretical debate manifested itself in battles between women and organizations on the streets and in the courts. The history of French feminism is the history of women's claims toindividualism and citizenship that had beengranted their male counterparts, at least in principle, in 1789. Yet French women have more often donned the mantle of particularism, advancingtheir contributions as mothers to prove their worth as citizens, than they have thrown it off, claiming absolute equality. The few exceptions, such as Simone de Beauvoir or the 1970s activists, illustrate the diversity and tensions within French feminism, as France moved from a corporatist and tradition-minded country to one marked by individualism and modernity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496212030

1496212037

9781496212016

1496212010

OCLC:

1080549239