| Description |
1 online resource (x, 253 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gender and American culture
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Gender & American culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-240) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Identities, values, and inquiries : a personal history -- Separatism as strategy : female institution building and American feminism, 1870-1930 -- Separatism revisited : women's institutions, social reform, and the career of Miriam Van Waters -- Women's networks and women's loyalties : reflections on a tenure case -- Small group pedagogy : consciousness raising in conservative times -- No turning back : the historical resilience of feminism -- The historical construction of homosexuality in the United States -- Uncontrolled desires : the response to the sexual psychopath, 1920-1960 -- The prison lesbian : race, class, and the construction of the aggressive female homosexual, 1915-1965 -- The burning of letters continues : elusive identities and the historical construction of sexuality -- When historical interpretation meets legal advocacy : abortion, sodomy, and same-sex marriage. |
| Summary |
One of a small group of feminist pioneers in the historical profession, Estelle B Freedman teaches and writes about women's history with a passion informed by her feminist values. This book brings together eleven essays that document the evolving relationship between academic feminism and political feminism as Freedman has studied and lived it. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Feminism -- United States -- History.
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Feminism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Women's studies -- United States.
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Women's studies. |
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Homosexuality -- United States -- History.
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Homosexuality. |
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Sex -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Sex -- Political aspects. |
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Sex. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Homosexuality. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Freedman, Estelle B., 1947- Feminism, sexuality, and politics. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006 0807830313 9780807830314 (DLC) 2005034982 (OCoLC)67236776 |
| ISBN |
9780807877104 (electronic book) |
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0807877107 (electronic book) |
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0807830313 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807856940 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807830314 |
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9780807856949 |
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