No Middle Ground

Women and Radical Protest

Author: Kathleen M. Blee
ISBN: 9780814712801

Working-class Appalachian women on the picket line, fighting for better working conditions. White women organizing against the racial integration of schools. Native American women struggling for Indian treaty rights. African American women in the Black Panther Party. What prompts these women to adopt political stances outside mainstream politics? How are these women changed by personal experiences of militancy and activism? Until recently, radical and militant activists have been viewed largely as male, while women have been assumed to be apolitical, more interested in domestic concerns and personal relationships than in public issues and political controversies. Despite evidence that women have been involved in a wide range of political activities, from revolutionary parties to racial hate groups, little attention has been paid to women's radical action. No Middle Ground brings together a wide variety of contributors to uncover women's roles in radical and militant movements. Examinin

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 1998

Subjects: Political Science / Political Process / General, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

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