Resist, Organize, Build: Feminist and Queer Activism in Britain and the United States during the Long 1980s (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438489587 ISBN 13: 9781438489582

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2023

Synopsis

Juxtaposes feminist and queer activism in Britain and the United States in the face of resurgent conservatism during the 1980s.

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.

About this title

About the Author

Sarah Crook is Lecturer in Post–1800 European Social and Cultural History at Swansea University in Wales, United Kingdom. Charlie Jeffries is British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birbeck, University of London in England, United Kingdom.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438489587
• ISBN 13: 9781438489582
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366
• Editor: Crook Sarah, Jeffries Charlie