Author(s): Lee Ann Banaszak (Editor), Lisa Baldez (Contributor), Maryann Barakso (Contributor), Jo Freeman (Contributor), Joyce Gelb (Contributor), David S. Meyer (Contributor), Celeste Montoya (Contributor), Carol Nechemias (Contributor), Jo Reger (Contributor), Belinda Robnett (Contributor), Deana Rohlinger (Contributor), Barbara Ryan (Contributor), Suzanne Staggenborg (Contributor), Nancy Whittier (Contributor)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 29 Nov. 2005
Language: English
Print length: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 0742519317
ISBN-13: 9780742519312
Book Description
This ambitious volume brings together original essays on the U.S. women’s movement with analyses of women’s movements in other countries around the world. A comparative perspective and a common theme―feminism in social movement action―unite these voices in a way that will excite students and inspire further research. From the grassroots to the global, the significance of the U.S women’s movement in the international arena cannot be denied. At the same time, the way in which international feminism has developed―in Asia, in Latin America, in Europe―has altered and expanded the landscape of the U.S. women’s movement forever. These distinguished authors show us how.
Editorial Reviews
Review
What the book offers is an excellet set of essays on feminist organizing framed clearly within the social movement literature. The research findings are relevant not only for scholars interested in feminist mobilization, but for social movement scholars in general. — Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen ― International Feminist Journal of Politics, March 2009
A good introduction for those seeking to learn more about the U.S. feminist movement and feminist organizing in several other countries. ―
Mobilization
About the Author
Celeste Montoya is Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is Director of the Miramontes Arts & Science Program. Montoya received her Ph.D. in Political Science at Washington University, St. Louis. Her teaching and research interests focus on the politics of marginalized groups, with an emphasis on intersectionality. She studies social movements, institutions, and policies in the United States and Europe, in both domestic and transnational context. She is author of From Global to Grassroots (Oxford University Press) and has published in such journals as International Organizations, Politics & Gender, Social Politics, Publius, and Urban Affairs Review.
Nancy Whittier is Sophia Smith Professor of Sociology at Smith College, where she teaches classes on gender, sexuality, social movements, and research methods. She is the author of Frenemies: Feminists, Conservatives, and Sexual Violence, The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse: Emotions, Social Movements, and the State, Feminist Generations, and numerous articles on social movements, gender, and sexual violence, and is coauthor of Statistics for Social Understanding.
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