Jennifer Keohane

Communist Rhetoric and Feminist Voices in Cold War America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how women within the male-dominated Communist Party in the United States built a home for feminist ideology and practice during the early Cold War. It explores how, in articles and petitions, women carefully crafted voices that spoke to the party's concerns while challenging its theoretical and practical limitations..

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781498549813
• ISBN-10: 1498549810
• Artikelnr.: 49458503

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Keohane is assistant professor in the Klein Family School of Communications Design at the University of Baltimore.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Cold War, Hot Commodities:
Gendering Consumer Culture Post-WWII 2. Spheres of Influence: Building
Credibility and Theory in Woman Against Myth, 1948 3. Voice and Visibility:
Building Black Feminism in the Postwar Communist Party United States 4.
"Articulate and Organized": Peace Petitions, Working-Class Motherhood, and
Transnational Witnessing 5. "Long Range Propositions": Justifying Activism
and Building Commitment 6. "The 100-Hour Work Week": The Housewife Ethos
and Changes to the CPUSA Conclusion Bibliography About the Author