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Author Jordan, Tessa, 1983- author.

Title Feminist acts : Branching out magazine and the making of Canadian feminism / Tessa Jordan
Edition First electronic edition, 2019
Published Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : University of Alberta Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource
Contents Canada's first national second-wave feminist magazine -- Publishing Canadian feminisms -- Keeping the "bobbing paper boat" afloat -- "Correcting an imbalance" -- "Beyond the first growth of radical feminism" -- Conclusion
Summary "The history of Branching Out, Canada's first national magazine of second-wave feminism, is the surprising story of an upstart magazine published on the prairies that was read from coast to coast. It is an Edmonton-based story of political activism, feminist community-building, and survival in the cultural industries. When it ceased publication in 1980, Branching Out had reached more readers than any other Canadian second-wave feminist periodical. Feminist Acts is an eye-opening examination of feminist publishing, written to bring more Canadian voices into conversations about women's cultural production. A vital text of feminist recuperation, the book draws on first-hand accounts from women who were there. It is a must-read for anyone interested in feminist activism, gender studies, Canadian cultural history, or publishing history."-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Canada
Feminism
History
Periodicals
Publishing
Women
Women's periodicals, Canadian
Women's rights
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 20, 2019)
SUBJECT Branching out (Edmonton, Alta.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020065485
Subject Women's periodicals, Canadian -- History
Women -- Canada -- Periodicals
Women's rights -- Canada -- Periodicals
Feminism -- Canada -- Periodicals
Periodicals -- Publishing -- Canada -- History
Feminism
Periodicals -- Publishing
Women
Women's periodicals, Canadian
Women's rights
Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Periodicals
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019457943
ISBN 1772125008
9781772125016
1772125016
9781772125023
1772125024
9781772125009
1772124842
9781772124842