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Infidel Feminism
Laura Schwarz
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Description for Infidel Feminism
The first in-depth study of a distinctive brand of women's rights that emerged out of the Victorian Secularist movement. It looks at the lives and work of a number of female activists, whose renunciation of religion shaped their struggle for emancipation. Anti-religious or secular ideas were fundamental to the development of feminist thought. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; HRQA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
Infidel feminism is the first in-depth study of a distinctive brand of women’s rights that emerged out of the Victorian Secularist movement. It looks at the lives and work of a number of female activists, whose renunciation of religion shaped their struggle for emancipation. Anti-religious or secular ideas were fundamental to the development of feminist thought, but have, until now, been almost entirely passed over in the historiography of the Victorian and Edwardian women’s movement. In uncovering an important tradition of Freethinking feminism, this book reveals an ongoing radical and free love current connecting Owenite feminism with the more ‘respectable’ ... Read more
Infidel feminism is the first in-depth study of a distinctive brand of women’s rights that emerged out of the Victorian Secularist movement. It looks at the lives and work of a number of female activists, whose renunciation of religion shaped their struggle for emancipation. Anti-religious or secular ideas were fundamental to the development of feminist thought, but have, until now, been almost entirely passed over in the historiography of the Victorian and Edwardian women’s movement. In uncovering an important tradition of Freethinking feminism, this book reveals an ongoing radical and free love current connecting Owenite feminism with the more ‘respectable’ ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Gender in History
Number of Pages
264
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719085826
SKU
V9780719085826
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99-15
About Laura Schwarz
Laura Schwartz is Assistant Professor of Modern British History at the University of Warwick -- .
Reviews for Infidel Feminism
An illuminating read'. June Purvis, THE, 21st March 2013 "In sum, this book is a fascinating read, and a rigorously written history of a radical women's movement. As such, it merits reading, and inclusion into our studies of feminism and women's movement in Victorian times." (Sneha Krishnan, Wolfson College, Oxford, LSE Reviews, 20/11/2013) "Infidel Feminists makes an important, ... Read more