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Race, ethnicity and the women's movement in England, 1968-1993 /

"This book is the first archive-based account of the charged debates around race in the women's movement in England during the 'second wave' period. Examining both the white and the Black women's movement through a source base that includes original oral histories and extens...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomlinson, Natalie, 1986- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:Palgrave studies in the history of social movements.
Subjects:
Feminism > England > History > 20th century.
Women's rights > England > History > 20th century.
Women, Black > Political activity > England > History > 20th century.
Women, White > Political activity > England > History > 20th century.
Racism > England > History > 20th century.
Ethnic conflict > England > History > 20th century.
Identity politics > England > History > 20th century.
England > Race relations > History > 20th century.
England > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Frauenbewegung.
Ethnische Beziehungen.
England.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The (white) women's liberation movement, c. 1968-1975
  • 2. Black women's activism c. 1970-1990
  • 3. Jewish feminism in England, c. 1974-1990
  • 4. White anti-racist, anti-fascist and anti-imperialist feminism, c. 1976-1980
  • 5. Critique and coalitions: black and white feminists working together in the 1980s
  • Conclusion.