Women's Rights and Global Socialism: Volume 30, Part 1

Celia Donert editor Christine Moll-Murata editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Jun '22

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Women's Rights and Global Socialism: Volume 30, Part 1 cover

This collection of essays explores the history of transnational socialist feminisms during the 20th century.

Women's emancipation was a central but contested pillar of socialist and communist internationalism in the 20th century. This volume explores the history of transnational socialist feminisms during the Cold War from the perspective of those involved in international communist and left-revolutionary movements in Europe and the postcolonial world.Women's emancipation was a central but contested pillar of socialist and communist internationalism during the twentieth century. The collapse of state socialism has led to renewed interest in the history and legacies of women's movements across the former socialist world during the era of decolonisation, and their significance for global feminisms in the present day. Responding to these debates, this collection of essays explores the history of transnational socialist feminisms during the global Cold War from the perspective of mid-ranking activists, officials and functionaries in international communist and left-revolutionary movements in Eastern Europe and the postcolonial world. Drawing on new sources, including private correspondence, interviews, memoirs and institutional archives, the essays ask how these activists defined women's rights from the era of the Popular Fronts in the 1930s until the United Nations Decade of Women (1976–1985).

ISBN: 9781009237345

Dimensions: 227mm x 151mm x 12mm

Weight: 380g

230 pages