Bahati M. Kuumba

Gender and Social Movements

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this brief text examining gender roles in social movements, M. Bahati Kuumba shows how liberation struggles are viewed through women's eyes and how gender affects women's mobilization, strategies, and outcomes in social movement organizations. Gender and Social Movements is the ideal text to introduce a sophisticated view of race and gender into social movement courses.

Produktdetails

• Gender Lens
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9780759101883
• ISBN-10: 0759101884
• Artikelnr.: 21914824

Autorenporträt

M. Bahati Kuumba is Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Women's Research and Resource Center at Spelman College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1. The Social Movement as Gendered Terrain Chapter 2 2.
Background and History: The Case Studies in Comparative Gender Perspective
Chapter 3 3. Theorizing Gender in Social Movements Chapter 4 4. "Getting
Fired Up": Gendered Factors in Movement Mobilization Chapter 5 5. Social
Resistance Strategies: The Myth of Gender Neutrality Chapter 6 6.
Repercussions: Gendered Interests and Social Movement Outcomes Chapter 7
References Chapter 8 Appendixes Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 About the Author