vbid/9781137531810

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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 feminist’ via a�series of accessible�case studies.�Adopting a theoretical and methodological focus on narrative and memory, this original and absorbing work analyses�the various and complex ways in which feminism and its histories are received and processed by some feminist women today.�Its focus on the specificity of experience disrupts overarching narratives of feminism and its histories, whilst acknowledging that such narratives are often used to sustain, defend and maintain a secure feminist identity. In doing so, it develops a growing body of work concerned with the relationships women forge to feminism�s pasts, presents and futures, with a distinct focus on the stories feminist women tell about their lives.�It will appeal to students and scholars of�sociology, psychosocial studies, gender studies, women’s studies and cultural studies.Typham this is the title: Becoming Feminist Narratives and Memories