Finding the Movement
Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism
1st Edition
Published on 7. November 2007
386 pages
978-0-8223-9038-1 (ISBN)
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An analysis of the role public spaces-parks, clubs, book stores-played in shaping the feminist movement in three Midwestern cities during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Anne Enke is Associate Professor of Women's Studies, History, and LGBT Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Content
About the Series ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Locating Feminist Activism 1
Part 1: Community Organizing and Commercial Space
1. "Someone or Something Made That a Women's Bar": Claiming the Nighttime Marketplace 25
2. "Don't Steal It, Read It Here": Building Community in the Marketplace 62
Part 2: Public Assertion and Civic Space
3. "Kind of Like Mecca": Playgrounds, Players, and Women's Movement 105
4. Out in Left Field: Feminist Movement and Civic Athletic Space 145
Part 3: Politicizing Place and Feminist Institutions
5. Finding the Limit of Women's Autonomy: Shelters, Health Clinics, and the Practice of Property 177
6. If I Can't Dance Shirtless, It's Not a Revolution: Coffeehouse, Clubs, and the Construction of "All Women" 217
Conclusion: Recognizing the Subject of Feminist Activism 252
Notes 269
Bibliography 335
Index 357
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Locating Feminist Activism 1
Part 1: Community Organizing and Commercial Space
1. "Someone or Something Made That a Women's Bar": Claiming the Nighttime Marketplace 25
2. "Don't Steal It, Read It Here": Building Community in the Marketplace 62
Part 2: Public Assertion and Civic Space
3. "Kind of Like Mecca": Playgrounds, Players, and Women's Movement 105
4. Out in Left Field: Feminist Movement and Civic Athletic Space 145
Part 3: Politicizing Place and Feminist Institutions
5. Finding the Limit of Women's Autonomy: Shelters, Health Clinics, and the Practice of Property 177
6. If I Can't Dance Shirtless, It's Not a Revolution: Coffeehouse, Clubs, and the Construction of "All Women" 217
Conclusion: Recognizing the Subject of Feminist Activism 252
Notes 269
Bibliography 335
Index 357
