{"product_id":"9780792351825","title":"Women and Revolution: Global Expressions","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWomen and Revolution: Global Expressions\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDiamond, Marie Josephine\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking its starting point from women's contributions to the  French revolution, this important anthology goes far beyond any  particular historical, European or American context and expands its  scope in space and time to an all-inclusive global theme, namely the  contributions of radical women towards an ever-changing world and its  revolutionary transformations everywhere. The superbly edited essays  by diverse contributors from various continents and disciplines  explore a wide platform of women's revolutionary involvements and  elucidate the broad range of contributions by women scholars,  scientists and activists to movements of social transformation, as  well as to a reexamination of established methods of cultural analysis  from enlightened liberalism to Marxism. The contributions of women  scholars and activists from Africa, Asia and Latin America are  particularly significant in that they transcend and expand  European\/North American feminism as relevant primarily to its own  socio-cultural context and focus on women acting in terms of their own  non-Western traditions and cultures, that is, on non-Western models  based on indigenous strategies of social transformation. This rich  anthology shuns any postulation of a single global model for  revolution. Yet, despite the emergence of a `problematic relationship  between Western or Western educated theorists and the causes of the  oppressed', women's diverse social, cultural and historical  experiences and strategies are united in this edition, as in their  common causes, as emphasized by the following statement in the  introduction: `the female body has become ... a privileged site for  social analysis in the context of international capitalism as well as  in the critique of traditional socialism.' \u003cbr\u003e  Sabine Jell-Bahlsen, Ogbuide Films \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eWomen and Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e covers an enormous socio-historical space,  four continents - Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America  \u0026amp;endash; and quite a few countries within them. This huge field of  human experience is looked at from the focal point which runs  explicitly and implicitly through all nineteen chapters: the active if  not revolutionary role women have played individually and collectively  in various determining social situations, a role regularly suppressed  by the coercive power of institutionalized domination. The impetus for  this endeavor was the commemoration of the bicentennial of the French  Revolution, an occasion to take an in-depth look at its less obvious  agendas, through a focus on the activity of women, and on Olympe de  Gouges in particular. But as Olympe de Gouges became acquainted with  \u003cem\u003eMr.\u003c\/em\u003e Guillotine, the considerable role of women became suppressed  not only actually but as a kind of \u003cem\u003edamnatio memoriae\u003c\/em\u003e which the  old Romans had already invented. As this work shows, there have been  multiple forms and contents through which women have taken history  into their own hands and have participated in emancipatory struggles  throughout the world. They are at their best in their use of the  resources of local village traditions, of dense social contexts, of  mutual aid and in turning such grassroots resources into radical  democratic struggles for the future. A fascinating and timely book!.  \u003cbr\u003e  Wolf-Dieter Narr, Freie Universität Berlin \u003cbr\u003e  The vital role played by women in struggles for social transformation  has scarcely been appreciated, and with the sense of defeat that hangs  over the revolutionary project, stands to be further forgotten. That  is why the publication of \u003cem\u003eWomen and Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e is both welcome  and necessary \u0026amp;endash; on intellectual and scholarly grounds, but also  because these are stories which have to be told if we are to resume  the march toward a better world. \u003cbr\u003e  Joel Kovel, Bard College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1998-08-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792351825\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-9072-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 434\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312280457356,"sku":"9780792351825","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792351825.jpg?v=1771523323","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792351825","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}