The Retreat from Organization

U.S. Feminism Reconceptualized

By Elisabeth Armstrong | Publisher: State University of New York Press

About the book

Using books, articles, unpublished letters, political manifestos, posters, and other such ephemeral remainders, The Retreat from Organization offers critical assessments of feminism from the 1960s to the present. These materials reveal paths left unexplored and organization efforts still unfinished to suggest new possibilities for present feminist politics. Debates about the second wave women's movement revolve around the identity and the identification of the subject of feminism and rarely ask, as this book does, how feminism operates as a collective movement. Armstrong attempts to complicate how we disagree over feminism by asking questions about identity and organization, the subject and the movement, and ultimately, what \"feminism\" should be in our present context of passionate indeterminacy.

Editions of The Retreat from Organization

Hardcover
ISBN 9780791452158
Paperback
ISBN 9780791452165
PDF
ISBN 9780791489284

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Using books, articles, unpublished letters, political manifestos, posters, and other such ephemeral remainders, The Retreat from Organization offers critical assessments of feminism from the 1960s to the present. These materials reveal paths left unexplored and organization efforts still unfinished to suggest new possibilities for present feminist politics. Debates about the second wave women's movement revolve around the identity and the identification of the subject of feminism and rarely ask, as this book does, how feminism operates as a collective movement. Armstrong attempts to complicate how we disagree over feminism by asking questions about identity and organization, the subject and the movement, and ultimately, what \"feminism\" should be in our present context of passionate indeterminacy.

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What is The Retreat from Organization about?

Using books, articles, unpublished letters, political manifestos, posters, and other such ephemeral remainders, The Retreat from Organization offers critical assessments of feminism from the 1960s to the present. These materials reveal paths left unexplored and organization efforts still unfinished to suggest new possibilities for present feminist politics. Debates about the second wave women's movement revolve around the identity and the identification of the subject of feminism and rarely ask, as this book does, how feminism operates as a collective movement. Armstrong attempts to complicate how we disagree over feminism by asking questions about identity and organization, the subject and the movement, and ultimately, what \"feminism\" should be in our present context of passionate indeterminacy.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Retreat from Organization?

Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Gender studies, gender groups > Gender studies: women and girls

Where can I read a sample of The Retreat from Organization?

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How long is The Retreat from Organization and how many pages does it have?

The Retreat from Organization has 150 page(s)

Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Retreat from Organization?

Elisabeth Armstrong

Who is the Publisher of the book The Retreat from Organization?

State University of New York Press

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The Retreat from Organization is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791452158) and paperback(ISBN 9780791452165) and pdf(ISBN 9780791489284)

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