Women's Culture in a New Era: A Feminist Revolution?

by Gayle Kimball, Carey Lovelace (Contribution by), Mary Beth Edelson (Contribution by), Mollie Gregory (Contribution by), Susan Suntree (Contribution by)

Overview

Women's Culture: The Women's Renaissance of the Seventies was the only book to take a wide-angle-lens view of the then flowering second wave of the women's movement. The goal of its contributors was to see if and how women create and organize differently than men. Much of our culture still reflects men's viewpoints and experiences, making the issue just as pertinent today as it was 30 years ago. Many of the same questions still persist, alongside a host of other concerns: Is this a post-feminist era? Did the feminist revolution succeed? Have feminist goals become mainstream or marginalized? What do young women think about women's issues today? It is time to update what has happened in the women's world since the original volume was published.

Editor Gayle Kimball, many of the original contributors, and other significant figures in the women's movement—such as Marge Piercy, Robin Morgan, and Judy Chicago—discuss these questions in chapters that address the visual arts and media, music, literature, religion, and politics. In this new exploration of women's culture, these authors share their experiences and research at the dawn of the 21st century. See how these creative women have changed over the last decades, how they've influenced young third wave feminists, and what they envision for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810849617
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/04/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.94(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Gayle Kimball was a pioneering coordinator of Women's Studies at California State University, Chico. She is the author or editor of 11 books, including Women's Culture: The Women's Renaissance of the Seventies (Scarecrow, 1981).

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Overview and Background Part 3 Part One: Visual Arts Chapter 4 1. Shaking the Ground: Women's Visual Culture Several Decades Later Chapter 5 2. Feminist Art: Interview with Judy Chicago Chapter 6 3. Success Has 1,000 Mothers: Art and Activism from Mary Beth Edelson's Point of View Chapter 7 4. Galloping in Slow Motion: Women's Influence on Film and Television Chapter 8 5. Women's Theater: Transforming Dreams Part 9 Part Two: Music Chapter 10 6. Women's Music: Passing the Legacy Chapter 11 7. Women's Musical Composition: An Interview with Kay Gardner Part 12 Part Three: Literature Chapter 13 8. Our (M)others, Ourselves Chapter 14 9. Flora Liked Fauna: The Woman-Nature Connection in Contemporary Women's Fiction Chapter 15 10. Feminist Eyes Wide Open Chapter 16 11. Writing in a Political Context: Interview with Robin Morgan Chapter 17 12. Third Wave Girlie Culture Part 18 Part Four: Religion Chapter 19 13. Multiplication and Division: Feminist Theology from 1980 to 2000 Chapter 20 14. The Goddess/Wiccean Movement: Interview with Z Budapest Part 21 Part Five: Organizations Chapter 22 15. Feminist Health Movement: Interview with Dido Hasper Part 23 Index

Editorial Reviews

...a book we should all be reading—younger women to find out that things haven't always been as they are today, and older women to find out what's been happening since we finished with the 70s and got on with our lives.

The Beltrane Papers

This thought provoking anthology-so wonderfully free of padding and jargon-manages to pack into just over 200 pages an overview of thirty years of feminist history as well as viewpoints of seventeen artists and scholars on current feminist issues. The many voices communicate a welcome diversity of thought....This reader found the anthology to be highly informative; its pages glow with positive energy.

Dolores Mitchell

Contributors from the book Women's Culture: The Women's Renaissance of the Seventies from 1981, also edited by Kimball, consider changes and progress made since the women's movement in art, music, literature, film, television, theater, religion, and organizations. Included among the 15 chapters are interviews with artist Judy Chicago, composer Kay Gardner, writer Robin Morgan, Z Budapest, and Dido Hasper. Six of the authors are new to this volume. Contributors are artists, writers, and scholars from the US. Kimball is a writer and former teacher of women's studies courses.

Reference and Research Book News

...a book we should all be reading—younger women to find out that things haven't always been as they are today, and older women to find out what's been happening since we finished with the 70s and got on with our lives.

Spring 2007 The Beltrane Papers