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Maggie Andrews

The Acceptable Face of Feminism

Maggie Andrews

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English
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
11 November 2015
Feminism & feminist theory; Social groups: clubs & societies
The British Women's Institute is more often associated with jam and Jerusalem than radical activity, but in this book Maggie Andrews explores the WI's relationship with feminism from the formation of the organisation in 1915 up to the eve of British feminism's renaissance in the late 1960s. The book aims to challenge, not only common sense perceptions about the Women's Institute but also those about feminism, interrogating preoccupations with domestic spaces and skills. This makes it is valuable reading for those interested in both historical and contemporary feminism, as well as, more broadly, the history of the twentieth century. Attention is given to the female cultural space and the value system provided by the WI, and the campaigns that articulated the needs of rural women and attempted to meet them. In this 100th anniversary year of the founding of the WI, this celebrated text is re-published in a new and completely revised edition. Maggie Andrews's new afterword considers the resurgence of interest in the WI amongst young women in the twenty-first century, and the relationship between this and the contemporary cultural enthusiasm for the domestic. There is also a new chapter on the formation of the WI in the First World War and substantial additions to existing chapters, including discussions of the WI involvement with radio in the inter-war years, and with evacuation in the Second World War.
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Imprint:   Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   295g
ISBN:   9781910448168
ISBN 10:   1910448168
Pages:   206
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Maggie Andrews is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Worcester; her research and publications have explored the inter-relationship of domesticity and femininity and most recently the Home Front in the First and Second Word Wars in Britain.

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