Catching a wave : reclaiming feminism for the 21st century / edited by Rory Dicker & Alison Piepmeier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dicker, Rory Cooke, 1969- editor.

Piepmeier, Alison, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Young women--United States--Attitudes.

Young women.

Women--United States--Social conditions--21st century.

Women.

Feminist theory--United States.

Feminist theory.

Social change--United States.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2003]

Summary:

A collection of original essays that calls for new voices to redefine feminism.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Introduction

Part 1 | Needing Feminism

The "Big Lie": False Feminist Death Syndrome, Profit, and the Media

In a Word, Baywatch

Reviving Lolita

or, Because Junior High Is Still Hell

Part 2 | Coming to Feminism

"That's Not Fair!" Nurturing Girls' Natural Feminism

Voices and Visions: A Mother and Daughter Discuss Coming to Feminism and Being Feminist

Please-Stop Thinking about Tomorrow: Building a Feminist Movement on College Campuses for Today

Part 3 | Recognizing Feminism

Who's the Next Gloria? The Quest for the Third Wave Superleader

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Next Generation of Television

Third World, Third Wave Feminism(s): The Evolution of Arab American Feminism

Part 4 | Redefining Feminism

Feminism's Family Problem: Feminist Generations and the Mother-Daughter Trope

Do the Ladies Run This . . . ?: Some Thoughts on Hip-Hop Feminism

The Transfeminist Manifesto

Part 5 | Doing Feminism

Hearing the Daughter Voice: The Bat Kol as Rrrabbi Grrrl

Rocking the Gender Order

Pranks and Fake Porn: Doing Feminism My Way

Afterword: A Correspondence between Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner

Bibliography

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-326) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Contains:

Henry, Astrid, 1966- (Faculty/Staff). Feminism's family problem: feminist generations and the mother-daughter trope

ISBN:

1-55553-856-8

OCLC:

651729829