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Learning gender after the Cold War : contentious feminisms / Ioana Cîrstocea ; translation from French was made by Marina Urquidi and revised by the author.

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1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages).
Place of Publication:
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Contents:
  • 1. (Re)Making "Gender," (Un)Making "Eastern Europe". Introduction ; "Gender" and Feminism After State Socialism ; Brief Literature Overview ; Mapping the "East-West Misunderstanding" in Feminism ; "Gender" as a Socialisation Platform ; Doing the Sociology of a Transnational Melting Pot ; Bibliography
  • Part I. Transnational Mobilisations: From Discovering the "Post-socialist Other" to Professional Activism Beyond Borders
  • 2. Reviving Feminist Internationalism After the Cold War. Transatlantic Conversations ; A "Feminist Powerhouse" ; "US Writers, Professors, Feminist Activists" ; Eastern European Feminists "In-Between" ; "Sisterhood" Versus "Difference" : An Iterative Debate, a Historically Situated Outcome ; Bibliography
  • 3. The "NGO-isation of Feminism" in the Making. Feminism as a "Trademark" ; Towards the "NGO Form" ; Inventing and Practicing Lateral Solidarity at a Distance ; An Expert Look and an Informal Habitus ; Transnational and Trans-Sectorial Circulations ; Bibliography
  • Part II. The Institutional Building of International Gender Expertise
  • 4. A Democracy-Making Mission. A Young Philanthropic Foundation ; Fighting Against Communism and Training the Post-Socialist Elites ; "Expanding Rights-Based Education" ; Bibliography
  • 5. Aims and Scope of an International Gender-Studies Programme. Activist Origins ; Structural Tensions ; Critical Vocation and Expert Potential ; Teaching and Research, International Transfers and Local Innovations ; Bibliography
  • 6. Gender, Feminism and Philanthropic Work. "Generating an Agenda" ; Feminist Activists and Bureaucracy Employees ; Learning "Gender" and Resisting International Pedagogy ; Bibliography
  • Part III. A Sociography of Eastern European "Gender Pioneers"
  • 7. Feminist Scholars, Activists and Experts. Shared Social Dispositions ; Established Scholars and Newcomers to Academia ; Professional Activists and Critical Bureaucrats ; Historically "Rooted" Militancy ; Bibliography
  • 8. Gender Studies and the Higher Education Reform in Romania. Liberalising the Universities After State Socialism ; A Small World of Activists and Reformers ; Interwoven Academic and Expert Positions ; Bibliography
  • 9. A Counterpoint from the Former Yugoslavia. "Gender" and Feminism in Tension ; The Ambiguous Paths of "Gender Expertise" ; Legacy of State Socialism and Counter-Hegemonic Thinking ; Bibliography
  • 10. Going Global. Conclusion. "Sisters in Feminism, Brokers of "Gender", Actors of Globalisation ; The End of the "Second World" and the Afterlife of the (Red) "Woman Question" ; Bibliography
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
Notes:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
  • Print version record.
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Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
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Print version: Cîrstocea, Ioana. Learning gender after the Cold War.
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  • 9783030978884
  • 3030978885
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99991781296
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