Description
A comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos, chronicling rage and dreams from the nineteenth century to the present day A landmark collection spanning two centuries and four waves of feminist activism and writing, Burn It Down! is a testament to what is possible when women are driven to the edge. The manifesto--raging, demanding, quarreling and provocative--has always been central to feminism, and it's the angry, brash feminism we need now. Collecting over seventy-five manifestos from around the world, Burn It Down! is a rallying cry and a call to action. Among this confrontational sisterhood, you'll find the Dyke Manifesto by the Lesbian Avengers, The Ax Tampax Poem Feministo by the Bloodsisters Project, The Manifesto of Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Peter Grey, Simone de Beauvoir's pro-abortion Manifesto of the 343, Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female by Frances M. Beal, and many more. Feminist academic and writer Breanne Fahs argues that we need manifestos in all their urgent rawness, for it is at the bleeding edge of rage and defiance that new ideas are born.
Author: Breanne Fahs
Publisher: Verso
Published: 03/24/2020
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.30w x 1.70d
ISBN13: 9781788735384
ISBN10: 1788735382
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Author: Breanne Fahs
Publisher: Verso
Published: 03/24/2020
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.30w x 1.70d
ISBN13: 9781788735384
ISBN10: 1788735382
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Social Science | Gender Studies
About the Author
Breanne Fahs is Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University. She has published widely in feminist, social science, and humanities journals and has authored five books: Performing Sex; Valerie Solanas; Out for Blood; Firebrand Feminism; and Women, Sex, and Madness. She has also coedited two volumes: The Moral Panics of Sexuality and Transforming Contagion. She is the Founder and Director of the Feminist Research on Gender and Sexuality Group at Arizona State University, and she also works as a clinical psychologist in private practice.