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Gender and the Civil Rights Movement

Gender and the Civil Rights Movement

by Sharon Monteith and Peter J. Ling
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2004

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This book is a collection of nine essays that analyse the people, the protests and the incidents of the civil rights movement through the lens of gender. More than just a study of women, the book examines the ways in which assigned sexual roles and values shaped the strategy, tactics and ideology of the movement. The essays deal with topics ranging from the Montgomery bus boycott and Rhythm and Blues to gangsta rap and contemporary fiction, from the 1950s to the 1990s. Referring to groups such as the National Council of African American Men and events such as the Million Man March, the authors address male gender identity as much as female, arguing that slave/master relations carried over from before the Civil War continued to affect Black masculinity in the post-war battle for civil rights. Whereas feminism traditionally deals with issues of patriarchy and prescribed gender roles, this volume shows how race relations continue to complicate sex-based definitions within the civil rights movement.
ISBN:
9780813534381
9780813534381
Category:
Civil rights & citizenship
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
216x140x20mm
Weight:
0.34kg

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