Main entry:

Ricci, Amanda, author.

Title & Author:

Countercurrents : women's movements in postwar Montreal / Amanda Ricci.

Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
©2023

Description:

viii, 301 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Études d'histoire du Québec = Studies on the History of Quebec ; 42

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-288) and index.
Guardians of the Nation: Kahnawà:ke Women's Activism -- Searching for Zion: Diasporic Feminism in English-Speaking Black Montreal -- Québéçoises deboutte! Feminism, Nationalism, Language, and the Front de libération des femmes du Québec -- Remaking home: Montreal's Transnational Haitian Feminism -- Refuting Stereotypes: From the Centro Donne Italiane di Montreal to the Payette Controversy.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

"In the decades following the Second World War, women from all walks of life became increasingly frustrated by the world around them. Drawing on long-standing political traditions, these women bound together to revolutionize social norms and contest gender inequality. In Montreal, women activists inspired by Red power, Black Power, and Quebec liberation, among other social movements, mounted a multifront campaign against social injustice. Countercurrents looks beyond the defining "waves" metaphor to write a new history of feminism that incorporates parallel social movements into the overarching narrative of the women's movement. Case studies compare and reflect on the histories of the Quebec Native Women's Association, the Congress of Black Women, the Front de libération des femmes du Québec, various Haitian women's organizations, and the Collectif des femmes immigrantes du Québec and the political work they did. Bringing to light previously overlooked archival and oral sources, Amanda Ricci introduces a new cast of characters to the history of feminism in Quebec. The book presents a unique portrait of the resurgence of feminist activism, demonstrating its deep roots in Indigenous and Black communities and a transnational scope with wide-ranging inspirations and preoccupations. Advancing cross-cultural perspectives on women's movements, Countercurrents looks to the history of women's activism in Montreal and finds new ways of defining feminist priorities and imagining feminist futures."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780228017271 (cloth)
0228017270 (cloth)
9780228017288 (paper)
0228017289 (paper)

Subject:

Women Political activity Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century.
Feminism Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century.
Social movements Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century.
Femmes Activité politique Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire 20e siècle.
Féminisme Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire 20e siècle.
Mouvements sociaux Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Feminism
Social movements
Women Political activity
Québec Montréal

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Studies on the history of Quebec ; 42.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318338
Call No.: 318338
Copy: 1
Status: Available