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    No Permanent Waves
    Recasting Histories of U.S. Feminism

    Nancy A. Hewitt (Edited by), Nancy A. Hewitt (Introduction by), Marisela Châvez (Contributions by), Dorothy Cobble (Contributions by), Leela Fernandes (Contributions by), Ednie Garrison (Contributions by), Stephanie Gilmore (Contributions by), Roberta Gold (Contributions by), Martha Jones (Contributions by), Nancy MacLean (Contributions by), Premilla Nadasen (Contributions by), Whitney Peoples (Contributions by), Ula Taylor (Contributions by), Becky Thompson (Contributions by), Anne Valk (Contributions by), Lara Vapnek (Contributions by), Judy Wu (Contributions by), Leandra Zarnow (Contributions by)

    9780813547251

    Paperback / softback, published 29 January 2010

    472 pages
    23.5 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.68 kg

    "From Seneca Falls to hip-hop, this striking collection pushes us to rethink the who, what, when, where, and why of U.S. feminist history. The wide-ranging essays toss out the overly tidy generational model and replace it with complex, rich, and inclusive accounts of our feminist past. Highly recommended."
    - Joanne Meyerowitz (author of How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States)
    "An important contribution to the ongoing dialogue on the meaning of feminism and its application not just within the academy, but also to a larger and more general political, social, and intellectual forum. Recommended."
    (Choice)
    "As an intellectual enterprise the book successfully established the overlapping and intertwined configurations of feminist movements from the 1840s to the present. Hewitt's book is a compelling guide to contemporary interpretations of American feminisms. Its thought-provoking essays will be especially useful in classroom distussions about historical practice."
    (Journal of American History)
    "No Permanent Waves offers not only crucial information on the histories of feminism but also evidence for new historiographical claims about how feminism relates to itself across time, positionality, race, region, class, sexuality, occupation, and especially generation. Featuring a range of essays on manifestations of feminism and their relationships to time and generation, No Permanent Waves demonstrated the strength of attending to difference."
    (Signs)

    No Permanent Waves boldly enters the ongoing debates over the utility of the "wave" metaphor for capturing the complex history of women's rights by offering fresh perspectives on the diverse movements that comprise U.S. feminism, past and present. Seventeen essays--both original and reprinted--address continuities, conflicts, and transformations among women's movements in the United States from the early nineteenth century through today.

    A respected group of contributors from diverse generations and backgrounds argue for new chronologies, more inclusive conceptualizations of feminist agendas and participants, and fuller engagements with contestations around particular issues and practices. Race, class, and sexuality are explored within histories of women's rights and feminism as well as the cultural and intellectual currents and social and political priorities that marked movements for women's advancement and liberation. These essays question whether the concept of waves surging and receding can fully capture the complexities of U.S. feminisms and suggest models for reimagining these histories from radio waves to hip-hop.

    Introduction

    Part I: Reframing Narratives/Reclaiming Histories
    Chapter 1. From Seneca Falls to Suffrage?
    Chapter 2. Multiracial Feminism
    Chapter 3. Black Feminisms and Human Agency
    “We Have a Long, Beautiful History”
    Chapter 5. Unsettling “Third Wave Feminism”

    Part II: Coming Together/Pulling Apart
    Chapter 6. Overthrowing the “Monopoly of the Pulpit”
    Chapter 7. Labor Feminists and President Kennedy’s Commission on Women
    Chapter 8. Expanding the Boundaries of the Women’s Movement
    Chapter 9. Rethinking Global Sisterhood
    Chapter 10. Living a Feminist Lifestyle
    Chapter 11. Strange Bedfellows
    Chapter 12. From Sisterhood to Girlie Culture

    Part III: Rethinking Agendas/Relocating Activism
    Chapter 13. Staking Claims to Independence
    Chapter 14. “I Had Not Seen Women Like That Before”
    Chapter 15. The Hidden History of Affirmative Action
    Chapter 16. U.S. Feminism-Grrrl Style!
    Chapter 17. “Under Construction”
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