Gender and Social Movements

by Kuumba, Bahati M.

• ISBN13: 9780759101876
• ISBN10: 0759101876
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-05
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

In this brief text examining gender roles in social movements, M. Bahati Kuumba shows how liberation struggles are viewed through women's eyes and how gender affects women's mobilization, strategies, and outcomes in social movement organizations. Gender and Social Movements is the ideal text to introduce a sophisticated view of race and gender into social movement courses. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

M. Bahati Kuumba is associate professor and associate director of the Women's Research and Resource Center at Spelman College

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Gendered Social Movement Timeline	xi
The Social Movement as Gendered Terrain	1	(22)
Introduction	1	(2)
What are Social Movements and Why Study Them?	3	(6)
Gender: Contested Social Terrain	9	(4)
Social Movements through a Gender Lens	13	(8)
Transforming the Sociology of Social Movements	21	(2)
Background and History: The Case Studies in Comparative Gender Perspective	23	(24)
Prologue	23	(1)
``Why These Movements?'' Background and Historical Context	24	(5)
Multiplying Oppressions: Gender Intersecting Race-Class Domination	29	(2)
Gender Integration and Parallelism in Social Movements	31	(1)
Civil Rights and Black Power in the United States	32	(7)
The Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa	39	(6)
Toward Comparative Gendered Social Movement Analysis	45	(2)
Theorizing Gender in Social Movements	47	(20)
Overview	47	(1)
Theorizing Social Movements	48	(1)
Linking Social Movement Theories and Gender: Macro-, Meso-, and Microlevels	49	(2)
The Political Process Model	51	(2)
Resource Mobilization Theory	53	(3)
New Social Movement Theories	56	(1)
Emergent Theory from Movement Lives	57	(1)
Gendered Political Opportunities, Resources, and Identities: The Anti-Pass Campaign and the Montgomery Bus Boycott	58	(7)
Gendered Social Movement Theory: From Application and Critique to Transformation	65	(2)
``Getting Fired Up'': Gendered Factors in Movement Mobilization	67	(28)
The Question of Mobilization	67	(2)
Gender and Social Movement Mobilization: The Macrolevel Dimension	69	(6)
Networks and Mobilizing Structures: The Mesolevel	75	(12)
Micromobilization: Grievances, Action Frames, and Identities	87	(6)
Gendered Mobilization: A Synthesis of Macro-, Meso-, and Microlevels	93	(2)
Social Resistance Strategies: The Myth of Gender Neutrality	95	(22)
Movement Strategies and Tactics: Gender Blind?	95	(2)
The Structuring of Social Protest	97	(2)
Gender Symmetry and Asymmetry in Resistance Strategies	99	(8)
Submerged and Hidden Strategies: Women's Political Cultures	107	(7)
Beyond the Myth of Gender Neutral Strategy	114	(3)
Repercussions: Gendered Interests and Social Movement Outcomes	117	(42)
Viewing Gender in Social Movement Outcomes	117	(2)
Gendered Interests: Strategic, Practical, and Interactive	119	(4)
Racial and National Liberation: What's Gender Got to Do with It?	123	(3)
Civil Rights and Anti-Apartheid Outcomes	126	(13)
Trends in Gendered Social Movement Research and Action	139	(2)
APPENDICES
1. Women's Charter, Federation of South African Women (FSAW), Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954	141	(5)
2a. What Is the First Thing a Mother Thinks Of/Women Don't Want Passes	146	(3)
2b. The Demand of the Women of South Africa for the Withdrawal of Passes for Women and the Repeal of the Pass Laws	149	(2)
3. Malibongwe Conference: Programme of Action, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13-18 January 1990	151	(2)
4. SNCC Position Paper (Women in the Movement), presented at the Waveland Conference, 1964	153	(3)
5. Black Radical Congress: Principles of Unity, Adopted June 19-21, 1998, Chicago, Illinois	156	(3)
References	159	(20)
Index	179	(10)
About the Author	189