
Making Trouble
Life and Politics
Lynne Segal(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 6. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-78663-151-0 (ISBN)
Description
What happens when angry young rebels become wary older women, ageing in a leaner, meaner time: a time which exalts only the 'new', in a ruling orthodoxy daily disparaging all it portrays as the 'old'? Delving into her own life and those of others who left their mark on it, Lynne Segal tracks through time to consider her generation of female dreamers, what formed them, how they left their mark on the world, where they are now in times when pessimism seems never far from what remains of public life. Searching for answers, she studies her family history, sexual awakening, ethnic belonging, as well as the peculiarities of the time and place that shaped her own political journeys, with all their urgency, significance, pleasures and absurdities.
Reviews / Votes
Required reading... Given today's political climate, Segal's writing is as relevant as ever. * V Magazine *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
2 x 8pp b&w plate section
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78663-151-0 (9781786631510)
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Person
Lynne Segal is Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck College. Her books include Out of Time: The Pleasures and the Perils of Ageing and Straight Sex: Rethinking the Politics of Pleasure. She co-wrote Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism with Sheila Rowbotham and Hilary Wainwright.