Second World, Second Sex : Socialist Women's Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War /
Women from the state socialist countries in Eastern Europe--what used to be called the Second World--once dominated women's activism at the United Nations, but their contributions have been largely forgotten or deemed insignificant in comparison with those of Western feminists. In Second World,...
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2019.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- State feminism and the woman question
- A brief history of women's activism in domestic political context: Case 1: Bulgaria
- Emancipated women and anti-communism in the American political imagination
- A brief history of women's activism in domestic political context: Case 2: Zambia
- Sandwiched between superpowers
- The lead up to International Women's Year
- Historic gatherings in Mexico and the German Democratic Republic
- Preparing for the mid-decade conference
- The third week in July
- School for solidarity
- Strategizing for Nairobi
- Showdown in Kenya
- Conclusion: Phantom herstories
- Appendix. A few reflections on the challenes of socialist feminist historiography
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Index.