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Title Different wavelengths : studies of the contemporary women's movement / edited by Jo Reger
Published New York ; London : Routledge, 2005

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Description xxx, 286 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Strongblackwomen and black feminism: a next generation? / Kimberly Springer -- Que viva la mujer: negotiating Chicana feminist identities / Florence MaƤtita -- "Punk white privilege scene": Riot Grrrl, white privilege, and zines / Kristen Schlit -- "I am a feminist but ...": articulating feminism and transgender / Sally Hines -- Solitary sisterhood: individualism meets collectivity in feminism's third wave / Astrid Henry -- Bridging the waves: sex and sexuality in a second wave organization / Stephanie Gilmore -- When feminism is your job: age and power in women's policy organizations / Susanne Beechey -- Talking about my vagina: two college campuses and The vagina monologues / Jo Reger and Lacey Story -- Searching for a home place: online in the third wave / Barbara Duncan -- Zines: voices of third wave feminists / Dawn Bates and Maureen C. McHugh -- Third wave feminism and ecofeminism: reweaving the nature/culture duality / Colleen Mack-Canty -- Confronting the future, learning from the past: feminist praxis in the twenty-first century / Nancy A. Naples -- Are we on a wavelength yet? On feminist oceanography, radios, and third wave feminism -- Ednie Kaeh Garrison -- Different wavelengths: a bibliography /Julie Voelck
Summary "Provides an empirical look at the state of contemporary feminism. Bringing together a variety of authors studying aspects of feminism today, this book raises questions about the appropriateness of a "third wave" label, the differences between contemporary and earlier feminism, the state of former debates over inclusivity, and the future dirtections of the movement."--Cover
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index
Subject Feminism -- United States -- History.
Feminism -- United States.
Feminists -- United States.
Author Reger, Jo, 1962-
LC no. 2004030630
ISBN 0415948789 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0415948797 (paperback: alk. paper)