Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002
Seiten
2022
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-726711-0 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-726711-0 (ISBN)
Feminist Transformations examines the history of feminist activism against domestic violence in divided Berlin. Centred on this key issue of gender inequality, the book explores how feminists advanced women's rights in Germany. More broadly, it reflects critically on what these advancements have meant for feminism and gender justice.
This is the first in-depth historical study of feminist activism against domestic violence in divided Berlin between 1968 and 2002.
Starting in the 1970s, feminists in West and then East Berlin campaigned against domestic violence as a key issue of women's inequality. They exposed the harmful gender norms that left women unprotected and vulnerable to abuse in the home and called for this to change. Indeed, domestic violence has been one of the issues most effectively addressed by the women's movement in Germany. Since the first shelter opened in West Berlin in 1976, women's shelters have spread throughout the country, and today up to 45,000 women a year turn to emergency housing in Germany, with many more accessing helplines and crisis centres.
Situating domestic violence activism within a broader history of feminism in post-war Germany, Feminist Transformations traces the evolution of this movement both across political division and reunification and from grassroots campaign to established, professionalised social service. In doing so, it brings the histories of feminism in East and West Berlin together for the first time and explores how feminism successfully changed women's rights in Germany.
But it also asks what popular and political support for domestic violence activism has meant for feminism and the advancement of women's rights more broadly. Examining the trajectory of feminism in Germany, Jane Freeland reveals the limitations of gender equality as advancements in women's rights were often built on the reassertion of patriarchal gender roles.
This is the first in-depth historical study of feminist activism against domestic violence in divided Berlin between 1968 and 2002.
Starting in the 1970s, feminists in West and then East Berlin campaigned against domestic violence as a key issue of women's inequality. They exposed the harmful gender norms that left women unprotected and vulnerable to abuse in the home and called for this to change. Indeed, domestic violence has been one of the issues most effectively addressed by the women's movement in Germany. Since the first shelter opened in West Berlin in 1976, women's shelters have spread throughout the country, and today up to 45,000 women a year turn to emergency housing in Germany, with many more accessing helplines and crisis centres.
Situating domestic violence activism within a broader history of feminism in post-war Germany, Feminist Transformations traces the evolution of this movement both across political division and reunification and from grassroots campaign to established, professionalised social service. In doing so, it brings the histories of feminism in East and West Berlin together for the first time and explores how feminism successfully changed women's rights in Germany.
But it also asks what popular and political support for domestic violence activism has meant for feminism and the advancement of women's rights more broadly. Examining the trajectory of feminism in Germany, Jane Freeland reveals the limitations of gender equality as advancements in women's rights were often built on the reassertion of patriarchal gender roles.
Jane Freeland is a Lecturer in History and Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen Mary University of London. Her research examines the history of feminism in Germany and Europe in the twentieth century, with a particular focus on feminist activism against domestic violence and feminism and the media.
1: The Origins of the Women's Shelter Movement
2: The Cost of Political Support
3: Race, Class and Everyday Life in the Shelter
4: Domestic Violence and Women's Lives under Socialism
5: Feminism and Domestic Violence Activism in the GDR
6: The Possibilities of Feminism after Reunification
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.11.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | British Academy Monographs |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 images, 1 table |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 524 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-726711-4 / 0197267114 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-726711-0 / 9780197267110 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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