Feeling Feminism

Activism, Affect, and Canada’s Second Wave

Michael Dawson editor Lara Campbell editor Catherine Gidney editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of British Columbia Press

Published:1st Dec '22

Should be back in stock very soon

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From beauty pageant protests to fire bombings of pornographic video stores, emotions are a powerful but often unexamined force underlying feminist activism. They are at play in the experiences of injustice, exclusion, caring, and suffering that have fed women’s commitment to building and sustaining a new world.

Feeling Feminism examines the ways in which emotions such as anger, rage, joy, and hopefulness influenced second-wave feminis action and theorizing across Canada. Drawing on affect theory to convey the passion, sense of possibility, and collective political commitment that have characterized feminism, the contributors to this volume reveal its full impact on contemporary Canada and highlight the contested, sometimes exclusionary nature of the movement itself.

Insights from gender and women’s studies, cultural and literary theory, social psychology, and sociology infuse Feeling Feminism as the contributors explore how emotions shaped and nourished feminist activism. More generally, they demonstrate the power of emotions, desires, and actions to transform the world.

...a fascinating collection of essays about second-wave feminist activism in Canada

-- Nancy Janovicek. University of Calgary * Social History/Histoire Sociale. *
To call this book thought-provoking is a profound understatement. -- Phyllis Reeve * The British Columbia Revi

ISBN: 9780774866514

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 500g

336 pages