Description
Book SynopsisAn accessible introduction to the relationship between the workers movement and the womens movement. The first part is historical, the second theoretical. Historical examples range from the mid-19th century to the 1970s and include events, debates and key personalities from China, Russia, the USA, France, Italy, Spain and Britain.
Table of ContentsPrologue by Penelope Duggan, Introduction by Cinzia Arruzza; Marriages: Linking up the struggles, Ladies and working women, On both sides of the Channel, Social-Democratic Parties, Revolutionary women, Women fighters, Women in the Chinese revolution, The new feminism. And divorces: A problem from the start, The Stalinist family, '"Trash" : communist parties and women, The divorce of the Seventies. Dangerous liaisons between gender and class: Once upon a time..., Class without gender, Gender as class, Gender without class. A queer union between Marxism and feminism? One theory for dual systems, One theory for a single system, From unhappy marriage to queer union. Glossary Bibliography: Some suggestions for further reading.
