Bringing it Home

Women Talk about Feminism in Their Lives

Author: Brenda Lea Brown
ISBN: 9781551520346

Bringing It Home: Women Talk About Feminism in Their Lives is a kitchen sink to corporate boardroom collection of essays that peels away the rhetoric from feminist discourse. Thirty-something years after the resurrection of the modern Women's movement-at the height of skepticism about the relevance of feminism (some say it's dead)-this lively gathering of deeply personal narratives brings feminism home and sits her down with twenty-four other interesting women to discuss life, love, motherhood, daughterhood, work, art, sex, science, sports, and community. Editor Brenda Lea Brown has brought together an impressive roster of contributors-from different generations, different walks of life, different geographical, ethnic, and religious communities. "I wanted to hear from women who are not regular spokespeople for feminism and to find out how they negotiated the sometimes intractable waters between their lives and their ideals," she says. "It was a relief to discover that I wasn't the

Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Publish Date: 1996

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Feminism)