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Global Feminism
Myra Ferree
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Description for Global Feminism
Paperback. Since the UN's World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, feminists around the world have campaigned with increasing success for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Drawing from an international group of scholars and activists, this book explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Editor(s): Ferree, Myra Marx; Tripp, Aili Mari. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Explores the social and political developments that have energized movements of global feminism
Increasingly feminists around the world have successfully campaigned for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Global Feminism explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Drawn from an international group of scholars and activists, the authors of these original essays assess both the opportunities that transnationalism has created and the tensions it has inadvertently fostered. By focusing on both the local and global struggles of today's feminist activists this important volume reveals much about women's changing rights, treatment and impact in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814727362
SKU
V9780814727362
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About Myra Ferree
Myra Marx Ferree is the Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology and Director of the European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Wisconsin. Aili Mari Tripp is Professor of Political Science and Gender & Women's Studies and Director of the Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Reviews for Global Feminism
"This important study is pitched to an academic community that remains highly patriarchal. Thus, it should make a valuable impact on this audience."
Choice, Highly Recommended
"Global Feminism is an extremely useful and important volume that systematically examines transnational women's movements as well as raises a number of important theoretical questions about global rights and transnational organizing."
... Read more
Choice, Highly Recommended
"Global Feminism is an extremely useful and important volume that systematically examines transnational women's movements as well as raises a number of important theoretical questions about global rights and transnational organizing."
... Read more