The Rock Where We Stand : An Ethnography of Women's Activism in Newfoundland /

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"This ethnography explores how women at the Bay St. George Women's Council deal specifically with the issues of poverty, single motherhood, child sexual abuse, and domestic violence, and examines the interplay of feminist and Newfoundland identification among these individuals." "...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George, Glynis R. (Glynis Rosamonde), 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women social reformers.
Women political activists.
Feminism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Reformatrices sociales > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Stephenville.
Femmes activistes > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Stephenville.
Feminisme > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Stephenville.
Women social reformers > Newfoundland and Labrador > Stephenville.
Women political activists > Newfoundland and Labrador > Stephenville.
Feminism > Newfoundland and Labrador > Stephenville.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Stephenville.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Between home and field: feminist activism at the grass roots
  • Gender, ethnicity, and labour before and after the 'carefree years'
  • Re-creating home: the local construction of feminist practice
  • Contextualizing dependency: single mothers and feminist politics
  • Sexual abuse and violence: contested meanings and the politics of narrative
  • Grass-roots activism and feminist politics
  • Rethinking community: feminist activism and sustained settlement
  • Conclusion.

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