Sisters in arms : militant feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968 / Katharina Karcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karcher, Katharina, author.

Series:

Monographs in German history.

Monographs in German History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Germany (West)--History.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn Books, 2017.

Summary:

Few figures in modern German history are as central to the public memory of radical protest than Ulrike Meinhof, but she was only the most prominent of the countless German women—and militant male feminists—who supported and joined in revolutionary actions from the 1960s onward. Sisters in Arms gives a bracing account of how feminist ideas were enacted by West German leftist organizations from the infamous Red Army Faction to less well-known groups such as the Red Zora. It analyzes their confrontational and violent tactics in challenging the abortion ban, opposing violence against women, and campaigning for solidarity with Third World women workers. Though these groups often diverged ideologically and tactically, they all demonstrated the potency of militant feminism within postwar protest movements.

Contents:

Introduction

The new women's movement in West Germany

Terrorism, feminism and the politics of representation

Militant feminist protest against the abortion ban

Women fighting back: feminist responses to violence against women

Sisters in arms?: militant feminist protest and transnational solidarity

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-356-2

1-78533-535-9

OCLC:

1350570720