Women, Resistance And Revolution
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
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A foundational text in the history of feminist thought, Women, Resistance and Revolution presents a sweeping and incisive account of women's struggle for liberation across centuries and continents, tracing the intimate connections between radical politics and the fight for female emancipation. Sheila Rowbotham chronicles the lives and rebellions of women caught up in the great revolutionary movements of modern history — from the English Civil War and the French Revolution through to the Russian and Chinese revolutions — arguing that while these upheavals promised liberation for all, women were consistently forced to wage a second, harder battle for their own freedom within the very movements that claimed to speak for the oppressed. Rowbotham's style is both rigorous and passionately engaged, weaving together social history, political theory, and the voices of forgotten women to construct a narrative that is as intellectually formidable as it is emotionally resonant. She illustrates how patriarchy and capitalism have functioned as mutually reinforcing systems of control, and details the persistent, courageous resistance of women who refused to be written out of history. A landmark work of socialist feminism, this book remains urgently relevant — and its final question, of what a truly liberated society might look like, still demands an answer.
Author: Sheila Rowbotham
Format: Paperback
Genre: Gender studies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A foundational text in the history of feminist thought, Women, Resistance and Revolution presents a sweeping and incisive account of women's struggle for liberation across centuries and continents, tracing the intimate connections between radical politics and the fight for female emancipation. Sheila Rowbotham chronicles the lives and rebellions of women caught up in the great revolutionary movements of modern history — from the English Civil War and the French Revolution through to the Russian and Chinese revolutions — arguing that while these upheavals promised liberation for all, women were consistently forced to wage a second, harder battle for their own freedom within the very movements that claimed to speak for the oppressed. Rowbotham's style is both rigorous and passionately engaged, weaving together social history, political theory, and the voices of forgotten women to construct a narrative that is as intellectually formidable as it is emotionally resonant. She illustrates how patriarchy and capitalism have functioned as mutually reinforcing systems of control, and details the persistent, courageous resistance of women who refused to be written out of history. A landmark work of socialist feminism, this book remains urgently relevant — and its final question, of what a truly liberated society might look like, still demands an answer.