Documenting Irish Feminisms: The Second Wave.
Author: CONNOLLY, Linda & O’TOOLE, Tina.
Dublin: Woodfield Press, 2005. xii, 272 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
Documenting Irish Feminisms charts the development of second-wave feminism in Ireland. An extensive range of primary sources (including documents, photographs and other visual sources) which have not been available in the public domain since their initial use in political activism are examined and reproduced in each chapter. A number of themes in the analysis of Irish feminist politics in the period from the 1970s to the 1990s are introduced and advanced in this unique and comprehensive volume. Themes include: the emergence of pioneering feminist groups and organisations in the 1970s; reproductive rights and activism; the legal system and the State; the development of cultural projects in Irish feminist politics; feminism and Northern Ireland; lesbian activism; class; and education. A range of new sources now available for the further study of second-wave feminism in Ireland are highlighted in the analysis of each theme. Also included is a fully cross-referenced index and an extensive bibliography.
This book is an invaluable resource for students and researchers in the fields of history, sociology, politics, Irish studies and women’s studies.
ISBN: 0953429350