ISBN:
9780228017288
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 301 Seiten
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Studies on the history of Quebec 42
Series Statement:
Études d'histoire du Québec
Series Statement:
Studies on the history of Quebec
Parallel Title:
Äquivalent
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.409714/2809045
Keywords:
Geschichte 1945-2000
;
Frauenbewegung
;
Montréal
;
Women / Political activity / Québec (Province) / Montréal / History / 20th century
;
Feminism / Québec (Province) / Montréal / History / 20th century
;
Social movements / Québec (Province) / Montréal / History / 20th century
;
Femmes / Activité politique / Québec (Province) / Montréal / Histoire / 20e siècle
;
Féminisme / Québec (Province) / Montréal / Histoire / 20e siècle
;
Mouvements sociaux / Québec (Province) / Montréal / Histoire / 20e siècle
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
;
Feminism
;
Social movements
;
Women / Political activity
;
Québec / Montréal
;
1900-1999
;
History
;
Montréal
;
Frauenbewegung
;
Geschichte 1945-2000
Abstract:
"In the decades following the Second World War, women from all walks of life became increasingly frustrated by the world around them. Drawing on long-standing political traditions, these women bound together to revolutionize social norms and contest gender inequality. In Montreal, women activists inspired by Red power, Black Power, and Quebec liberation, among other social movements, mounted a multifront campaign against social injustice. Countercurrents looks beyond the defining "waves" metaphor to write a new history of feminism that incorporates parallel social movements into the overarching narrative of the women's movement. Case studies compare and reflect on the histories of the Quebec Native Women's Association, the Congress of Black Women, the Front de libération des femmes du Québec, various Haitian women's organizations, and the Collectif des femmes immigrantes du Québec and the political work they did. Bringing to light previously overlooked archival and oral sources, Amanda Ricci introduces a new cast of characters to the history of feminism in Quebec. The book presents a unique portrait of the resurgence of feminist activism, demonstrating its deep roots in Indigenous and Black communities and a transnational scope with wide-ranging inspirations and preoccupations. Advancing cross-cultural perspectives on women's movements, Countercurrents looks to the history of women's activism in Montreal and finds new ways of defining feminist priorities and imagining feminist futures."--
Description / Table of Contents:
Guardians of the Nation: Kahnawà:ke Women's Activism -- Searching for Zion: Diasporic Feminism in English-Speaking Black Montreal -- Feminism, Nationalism, Language, and the Front de libération des femmes du Québec -- Montreal's Transnational Haitian Feminism -- Refuting Stereotypes: From the Centro Donne Italiane di Montreal to the Payette Controversy
