Sisters in Arms
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Sisters in Arms

Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968

  1. 178 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sisters in Arms

Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968

About this book

Few figures in modern German history are as central to the public memory of radical protest than Ulrike Meinhof, but she was only the most prominent of the countless German women—and militant male feminists—who supported and joined in revolutionary actions from the 1960s onward. Sisters in Arms gives a bracing account of how feminist ideas were enacted by West German leftist organizations from the infamous Red Army Faction to less well-known groups such as the Red Zora. It analyzes their confrontational and violent tactics in challenging the abortion ban, opposing violence against women, and campaigning for solidarity with Third World women workers. Though these groups often diverged ideologically and tactically, they all demonstrated the potency of militant feminism within postwar protest movements.

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Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781789205084
eBook ISBN
9781785335358
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Sisters in Arms
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Note on Translations
  7. Figures
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 The New Women’s Movement in West Germany
  11. Chapter 2 Terrorism, Feminism and the Politics of Representation
  12. Chapter 3 Militant Feminist Protest against the Abortion Ban
  13. Chapter 4 Women Fighting Back
  14. Chapter 5 Sisters in Arms?
  15. Conclusion
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index