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The Palgrave Handbook of Communist Women Activists around the World

Beschreibung

This Handbook addresses the role of women in communism as a global, social and political movement for the first time, exploring their lives, forms of activism, political strategies and transnational networks. Comprising twenty-five chapters, based on new and primary research, the book presents the lives of self-identified communist women from a truly international perspective and outlines their struggles against fascism and colonialism, and for women's emancipation and national liberation. By using the lens of transnational political biography, the chapters capture the broader picture of these women's lives, unpacking the links between the so-called public and private, the power structures and inequalities of their societies, the formal networks and politics in which they were involved, and the informal connections and friendships that supported their activism both at the national and international level. Challenging androcentric and Eurocentric narratives about communism, this Handbook reveals the active and significant roles of women in nineteenth- and twentieth-century communist movements and regimes, and highlights the importance of communist women in shaping the agenda for women's rights worldwide.

Autor

Francisca de Haan is Emerita Professor of Gender Studies and History at the Central European University in Vienna, Austria, and Fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. Her research interests center on transnational women's history and gender history, histories of inter/transnational women's movements, socialist and communist women's political activism, women's work and women's archives.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-13129-5
• Seitenzahl: 728
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1083g
• ISBN-13: 9783031131295
• ISBN-10: 3031131290
• Artikelnr.: 69712221

Rezensionen

"The Palgrave Handbook of Communist Women Activists around the World's biographical focus, wide geopolitical coverage, and inclusion of women of very different profiles make it well worth reading. In telling one woman's story, every chapter draws the reader into a general history of women and Communism in her country." (Donna Harsch, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, September, 2024)

"In this collective volume edited by Francisca de Haan ... a diverse collection of experts sheds light on that little-studied subject through an effort truly global in scope. the handbook is impressive precisely in how it recalls these women's lives through their intense interweaving with broader historical trends. ... The reader is left with the hope that this compelling handbook sparks other efforts to unearth their stories." (Victor Strazzeri, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, May 21, 2024)