Becoming Feminist Narratives and Memories
This book offers a novel, detailed and sensitive exploration of women's engagement with feminism. Centred on the themes of generations, hope, emotions and belonging, each chapter attends to the specific and particular practices of 'becoming femi
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Citizenship, Gender and Diversity
Citizenship, Gender and Diversity Series Editors Beatrice Halsaa Centre for Gender Research University of Oslo Oslo, Norway Sasha Roseneil Department of Psychosocial Studies Birkbeck College - University of London London, United Kingdom Sevil Sümer UNI Rokkansenteret University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
Aims of the series Developed out of FEMCIT, a research project funded under the Sixth Framework of the European Commission examining gendered citizenship, multiculturalism and the impact of contemporary women's movements in Europe, the series also welcomes submissions from scholars around the globe working in this area on projects with either a European or international focus.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14900
Carly Guest
Becoming Feminist Narratives and Memories
Carly Guest Department of Criminology and Sociology Middlesex University London, UK
Citizenship, Gender and Diversity ISBN 978-1-137-53180-3 ISBN 978-1-137-53181-0 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-53181-0
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For my grandparents Gwladys and Humphrey Cook and my parents Jenny and Rob Guest
Acknowledgements
There are so many people who have helped me through the process of writing this book. I want to begin by thanking all the women who took part in this research. They generously invited me into their homes, shared their stories, memories and photographs with me and gave their time to this project. E
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