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European Feminisms: Books, Articles, Websites

Books
Jane Slaughter and Robert Kern, European Women on the Left: Socialism, Feminism, and the Problems Faced by Political Women, 1880 to the Present , Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981.

Gisela Kaplan, Contemporary Western European Feminism, New York, NY: NYU Press, 1992.

T. Akkerman, Perspectives on Feminist Political Thought in European History: 1400-2000 , London: Routledge, 1998.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Gender studies
Grassroots media in Europe
History




Critical Whiteness: Books, Articles, Websites

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Books
Robert Young, White Mythologies: Writing History and the West . London: Routledge, 1990.

Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1992.

Vron Ware, Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism and History . London:Verso, 1992.

Ruth Frankenberg, White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness . Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Race & ethnicity




Transnational Feminisms: Books, Articles, Websites

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Books
Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan (eds), Scattered Hegemonies: Postmodernity and Transnational Feminist Practices . Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.

Amrita Basu (ed), The Challenge of Local Feminisms: Women's Movements in Global Perspective. Boulder, CO: Westview Press Inc, 1995.

Ella Shohat (ed), Talking Visions: Multicultural Feminism in a Transnational Age . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Global affairs & transnationalism




Anti-Racist Feminisms: Books, Articles, Websites

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Books
bell hooks, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 1981.

Angela Y. Davis, Women, Race and Class . New York: Random House, 1981.

Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua (first published in 1981), This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women on Colour . 3rd ed. Berkeley, CA: Third Woman Press, 2002.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Race & ethnicity




Women & Grassroots Media: Books, Articles, Websites

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Books
Lana F. Rakow (ed), Women Making Meaning. New Feminist Directions in Communication. London and New York: Routledge, 1992.

Annabelle Srberny-Mohammadi and Ali Mohammadi, Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication, Culture, and the Iranian Revolution. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.

Pilar Riaño (ed), Women in Grassroots Communications: Furthering Social Change. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 1994.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Grassroots media in Europe




Ladyfest: Books, Articles and Websites

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Zines
Heather Crabtree and Melanie Maddison,UK Ladyfest Artwork 2001-2008: The Collected Interviews. Leeds: Self-published zine, 2007 (free to download from the zine archive on this site).

Articles
Elke Zobl, "Grrrl and Lady Style Revolution, Now!", Peace Review. A Journal for Social Justice, 16(4), 2004, pp. 445-452.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Ladyfest




Feminist / Grrrl Zines: Books, Articles and Websites

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Websites
Grrrl Zine Network, (there is an extensive zine related bibliography here, http://www.grrrlzines.net/writingonzines.htm)

Books
V. Vale, Zines!,Vol. I and II. San Francisco: ReSearch, 1996/1997.

Karen Green and Tristan Taormino (eds), A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Trina Robbins, From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines. San Francisco:Chronicle Books, 1999.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Zine




Riot Grrrl: Books, Articles, Websites

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Chérie Turner, The Riot Grrrl Movement: The Feminism of a New Generation , New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, 2001 (Everything You Need to Know About young people's series)

Nadine Monem (ed), Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!, London: Black Dog Publishing, 2007.

Marion Leonard, Gender in the Music Industry: Rock, Discourse and Girl Power, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.

Jannika Bock, Riot Grrrl: A Feminist Re-Interpretation of the Punk Narrative, (place of publication?): VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller, 2008.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Riot Grrrl
Youth culture
Zine




Third Wave/ New/ DIY Feminisms: Books, Articles, Websites

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Books
Rebecca Walker (ed), To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism , New York: Anchor, 1995.

Barbara Findlen (ed), Listen Up: Voices From The Next Feminist Generation , Seattle: Seal Press, 1995.

Kathy Bail (ed), DIY Feminism , St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 1996.

Leslie Heywood and Jennifer Drake (eds), Third Wave Agenda: Being Feminist, Doing Feminism, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Girls and young women
Youth culture




Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women

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In 1974, women imprisoned at New York’s maximum-security prison at Bedford Hills staged what is known as the August Rebellion. Protesting the brutal beating of a fellow prisoner, the women fought off guards, holding seven of them hostage, and took over sections of the prison.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Activism
Gender studies
Prisoner Support