The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism

Over the course of thirty-seven chapters, including an editorial introduction, this handbook provides a comprehensive examination of scholarly research and knowledge on a variety of aspects of women's collective activism in the United States, tracing both continuities and critical changes over time. Women have played pivotal and far-reaching roles in bringing about significant societal change, and women activists come from an array of different demographics, backgrounds and perspectives, including those that are radical, liberal, and conservative. The chapters in the handbook consider women's activism in the interest of women themselves as well as actions done on behalf of other social groups. The volume is organized into five sections. The first looks at U.S. Women's Social Activism over time, from the women's suffrage movement to the ERA, radical feminism, third-wave feminism, intersectional feminism and global feminism. Part two looks at issues that mobilize women, including workplace discrimination, reproductive rights, health, gender identity and sexuality, violence against women, welfare and employment, globalization, immigration and anti-feminist and pro-life causes. Part three looks at strategies, including movement emergence and resource mobilization, consciousness raising, and traditional and social media. Part four explores targets and tactics, including legislative forums, electoral politics, legal activism, the marketplace, the military, and religious and educational institutions. Finally, part five looks at women's participation within other movements, including the civil rights movement, the environmental movement, labor unions, LGBTQ movement, Latino activism, conservative groups, and the white supremacist movement.

Auteur

Holly J. McCammon is Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and American Studies at Vanderbilt University. Verta Taylor is Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Faculty in Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jo Reger is Professor of Sociology and Director of Women and Gender Studies at Oakland University. Rachel L. Einwohner is Professor of Sociology at Purdue University.

Contenu

List of Contributors Introduction Holly J. McCammon, Verta Taylor, Jo Reger, and Rachel Einwohner Part I: U.S. Women's Social Movement Activism through Time 1. Layers of Activism: Women's Movements and Women in Movements Approaching the Twentieth Century Corrine McConnaughy 2. The Swells between the "Waves": American Women's Activism, 1920-1965 Kristin Goss 3. Campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment and Liberal Feminism Kelsy Kretschmer and Jane Mansbridge 4. The Turn toward Socialist, Radical, and Lesbian Feminisms Beth Schneider and Janelle Pham 5. Contemporary Feminism and Beyond Jo Reger 6. Intersectionality: Origins, Travels, Questions, and Contributions Benita Roth 7. Mobilizing the Faithful: Conservative and Right Wing Women's Movements in America Deana Rohlinger and Elyse Claxton 8. The Historical Roots of a Global Feminist Perspective and the Growing Global Focus among U.S. Feminists Heidi Rademacher and Kathleen Fallon Part II: Issues that Mobilize Women 9. Workplace Discrimination, Equal Pay, and Sexual Harassment: An Intersectional Approach Eileen Boris and Allison Elias 10. Battles over Abortion and Reproductive Rights: Movement Mobilization and Strategy Suzanne Staggenborg and Marie Skoczylas 11. Maternalist and Community Politics Ellen Reese, Ian Breckenridge-Jackson, and Julisa McCoy 12. Women's Health Social Movements Melinda Goldner 13. U.S. Women's Movements to End Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse, and Rape Gretchen Arnold 14. Welfare, Poverty, and Low-Wage Employment Rose Ernst and Rachel Luft 15. Antifeminist, Pro-Life, and Anti-ERA Women Ronnee Schreiber Part III: Resistance, Mobilization, Strategy 16. The Dynamics and Causes of Gender and Feminist Consciousness and Feminist Identities Pamela Aronson 17. Movement Emergence and Resource Mobilization: Organizations, Leaders, and Coalition Work Nella Van Dyke 18. Identity Politics, Consciousness Raising, and Visibility Politics Nancy Whitter 19. Protest Events and Direct Action Anne Costain and Douglas Costain 20. Language and Its Everyday Revolutionary Potential: Feminist Linguistic Activism in the U.S. Christine Mallinson 21. Sexuality, Bodies, Gender Identity, Sexual Fluidity, and Performative Gender Shae Miller 22. From Ink to Web and Beyond: U.S. Women's Activism Using Traditional and New Social Media Heather Hurwitz Part IV: Forums and Targets of Women's Activism 23. Inside the State: Activism within Legislative and Governmental Agency Forums Lee Ann Banaszak and Anne Whitesell 24. Electoral Politics Nancy Burns, Ashley Jardina, and Nicole Yadon 25. U.S. Women's Legal Activism in the Judicial Arena Holly J. McCammon and Brittany Hearne 26. Women's Social Movements and Activism within the U.S. Military Tiffany Sanford-Jenson and Marla Kohlman 27. Push, Pull, and Fusion: Women's Activism and Religious Institutions Rachel Einwohner, Reid Leamaster, and Benjamin Pratt 28. Women's Activism and Educational Institutions Alison Crossley 29. Women, Sports, and Activism Cheryl Cooky Part V: Women Inside Other Movements 30. Women's Actvism in the Modern Movement for Black Liberation Aisha Upton and Joyce Bell 31. Latinas in U.S. Social Movements Mary Pardo 32. Women in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement Leila Rupp, Verta Taylor, and Benita Roth 33. American Women's Environmental Activism: Motivations, Experiences, and Transformations Kayla Stover and Sherry Cable 34. Gendered Activism and Outcomes: Women in the Peace Movement Lisa Leitz and David Meyer 35. Women's Activism in U.S. Labor Unions Mary Margaret Fonow and Suzanne Franzway 36. Women in the White Supremacist Movement Kathleen Blee and Elizabeth Yates Index