Gender and Social Movements (Gender Lens Series) - Hardcover

Kuumba, Bahati M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0759101876 ISBN 13: 9780759101876

Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S., 2001

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

M. Bahati Kuumba's contribution to The Gender Lens Series, Gender and Social Movements, is an interesting and useful primer on the gendering of social movements....Kuumba should be congratulated for making it clear that social movements scholars can no longer proceed as if their theories are gender-neutral or as if insurgency is not gendered. As well, she provides an insightful map of the gendered terrain of movements and contemporary research on this topic, replete with helpful theoretical and empirical examples from the [American Civil Rights movement] and [South African National Liberation movement].--Jennifer Earl, Univeristy of California-Santa Barbara "Contemporary Sociology "

Drawing on recent scholarship in women's studies, the author ably shows how women contributed to the [US Civil Rights Movement and the South African National Liberation Movement] differently from men, echoing women's very different place in the structure and daily life of the black U.S. and urban South Africa. Written for researchers, this book provides a solid summary of the theoretical issues entailed in integrating gender analysis with social movement analysis.--M. Greenwald, (University of Pittsburgh) "CHOICE "

Synopsis:

Do men and women experience participation in social movements differently? Are gender roles reproduced or undermined during a struggle for liberation? This text examines gender roles in social movements and shows how liberation struggles are viewed through women's eyes and how gender affects women's mobilization, strategies, and outcomes in social movement organizations. Using two well-known examples, the American civil rights movement and the South African national liberation movement, the author documents the circumscribed roles of women, the unheralded role of movement leaders such as Ella Baker and Frances Baard, and how gender affected movement activities and results.

About this edition

• Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0759101876
• ISBN 13: 9780759101876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200