Re-reading Spare Rib. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Angela Smith, editor.
• Editors: Smith, Angela
• Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction ; A Brief History of Feminism in the UK; The Rise of a Second Wave; A Brief History of Women's Magazines in the UK; Magazines as Counter-Culture; A History of Spare Rib; Book Structure and Chapter Summaries; References; Part I Reading Spare Rib: Creating the Sisterhood; Chapter 2 'What Did It Mean?' A Generational Conversation ; Spare Rib; Magazines; 1980s Activism; Reading Spare Rib Now; The Spare Rib; Mushroom Clouds; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Feminist Perspectives: North East and National Remembering the Women's Liberation Movement and Its ConferencesThe Context of the North East; Perspectives on the Seventh National Women's Liberation Conference, Newcastle, 1976; What Happened; Perspectives from the North East; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Reflections on Reading Spare Rib: Personal and Political ; Personal Becoming Political; Internationalism; Intersectionality; Standpoint; Concluding Thoughts; References; Chapter 5 From Spare Rib to Spare Part: From Overt to Covert Sexism in Education ; Battling Over Education; Issues in School Curricula and Teaching; Developments Working Women and Their Roles in the Education SectorInequality for Professional Women in Higher Education; Moving Towards More Macho Values in Education? ; Forwards or Backwards for Women's Equality?; Conclusion; References; Part II Re-reading Spare Rib: Exploring the Sisterhood; Chapter 6 Workplace: Women's Place? ; Introduction; Women's Place; Equality for Women in the Workplace?; Women at Work Now; Research Approach; Participants' Responses to the Spare Rib Extract; How It Was; Being Reminded; Being AcceptingAware; Being Decorative; Being Manhandled; Being Caring The Work Wife and Work MotherBeing Disempowered; How It Is; Still a Long Way to Go?; From Overt to Covert?; Still 'up for Grabs'?; Just the Way It Was in Those Days?; Research Reflections; References; Chapter 7 Styling Feminism: The View from Spare Rib ; CDA and Women's Magazines; A Right to Choose?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 'Defending Ourselves': British Female Martial Arts Students in the 1970s and Their Refusal to Be Victims ; Feminine, Masculine Identities and Social Constructions; Spare Rib and Women's Self-defence; 'Defending Ourselves' Powerless Women and Powerful Female Karate StudentsFemale vs Male Martial Arts Students; Female Karate Students: The Metamorphosis; Conclusions; References; Chapter 9 The Frontiers of Sisterhood: Representations of Black Feminism in Spare Rib (1972-1979) ; Introduction; Exploring Black Feminism(s) ; An Overview of Methods; The Framing of Black Women in Spare Rib; Black Women as Cultural Icons; Black Women in the Third World; Black Working-Class Women in Britain; Summary and Reflections; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.420941; 301; Feminism -- Great Britain; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Feminism; Social Science -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Journalism; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Feminism & feminist theory; Press & journalism; Gender studies, gender groups; Communication; Feminist theory; Sociology; Social Science -- Media Studies; Media studies; Great Britain; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319493107; 3319493108
• Related ISBNs: 9783319493091; 3319493094
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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