SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures
Feminist and Queer Activism in Britain and the United States during the Long 1980s
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- English
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SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures
Feminist and Queer Activism in Britain and the United States during the Long 1980s
About This Book
The 1980s was a period of political and social tumult in Britain and the United States. Facing resurgent conservative forces, feminist and queer activists organized in ways that not only resisted conservative hegemony but also helped to forge new communities, communications, and futures. Resist, Organize, Build casts new light on grassroots campaigns in Britain and the US, looking at feminist and queer work on university campuses, within anti-racist and anti-imperialist movements, in reframing the family, reproduction, and health, and in the establishment of new magazines, book series, and publishing houses. The collection brings together emerging and established scholars to position historical work on the two national contexts side by side, drawing out similarities and differences. Taking care to center historically marginalized voices, the collection gives students and scholars insight into and examples of the work of activist groups in a time that has many resonances with our own.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Thinking through and beyond the 1980s
- Part I Student Politics and the Body Politic
- Part II Anti-Racist, Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Borders Action
- Part III Families, Reproduction, and Health
- Part IV Grassroots Images, Speech, and Power
- Epilogues
- Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover