Greenwood Publishing Group : Feminism and Black Activism in Contemporary America

Feminism and Black Activism in Contemporary America
An Ideological Assessment
Series: Contributions in Women's Studies
By Irvin D. Solomon

0-313-26204-7/978-0-313-26204-3

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Though the race and gender protest movements that began in the 1950s are often linked in our minds, the connections between them have not been studied systematically. In the first thorough analysis of the common ground between these movements, Solomon explores the ideological and behavioral relationships, the roots, shared goals and responses, parallel strategies, and common obstacles that link contemporary feminism and black activism. Focusing particularly on the dynamic mid-twentieth-century period of protest, he examines the various legal, cultural, and economic orientations that have characterized these movements and given them special force.

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-Solomon provides an overview of the development and ideology of black activism and feminism in the US to explore the extent of interrelationship between the two movements. His sweep is broad, beginning as he does with a description of both movements in the 19th century and moving forward to consider significant events and ideas through the 1970s. Solomon divides both movements into three broad streams: the legal approach typified by the NAACP and NOW; the cultural approach of Black Power and lesbian feminists; and the economic approach of socialism and Marxism as adapted by black/feminist thinkers. Solomon's broad historical and ideological scope is commendable for its inclusiveness. . . . The author's basic argument, that feminism is more similar to but less derivative of black activism than is usually assumed, is a provocative thesis. . . . This is a very useful historical survey for readers relatively unfamiliar with one or both movements. Undergraduates will find it a helpful introduction to issues that can then be researched in more depth in other sources. —Choice

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