Finn Enke

Finding the Movement

Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analysis of spaces and institutions, from bookstores to softball fields, in which second-wave feminism arose in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities, claiming that sexuality issues were at heart of contests over public space.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 164mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9780822340621
• ISBN-10: 0822340623
• Artikelnr.: 22887241

Autorenporträt

Anne Enke is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, History, and LGBT Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Series ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Locating Feminist Activism 1
Part 1: Community Organizing and Commercial Space
1. “Someone or Something Made That a Women’s Bar”: Claiming the Nighttime
Marketplace 25
2. “Don’t Steal It, Read It Here”: Building Community in the Marketplace 62
Part 2: Public Assertion and Civic Space
3. “Kind of Like Mecca”: Playgrounds, Players, and Women’s Movement 105
4. Out in Left Field: Feminist Movement and Civic Athletic Space 145
Part 3: Politicizing Place and Feminist Institutions
5. Finding the Limit of Women’s Autonomy: Shelters, Health Clinics, and the
Practice of Property 177
6. If I Can’t Dance Shirtless, It’s Not a Revolution: Coffeehouse, Clubs,
and the Construction of “All Women” 217
Conclusion: Recognizing the Subject of Feminist Activism 252
Notes 269
Bibliography 335
Index 357