This book has been selected as a 2018 Nautilus Award Winner.
Title: Brave: Young Women’s Global Revolution, Vol. 1
Author: Gayle Kimball, PhD
Publisher: Equality Press, AK Press
Award: SILVER
Category: WOMEN [29]
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Table of Contents
Volume 1 Themes
Chapter 1 The Future is Female
Young Women’s Aspirations, What Motivates a Young Activist? Young Women Leaders, Why so Brave? Media Influence on Girls, Anti-Neoliberal Inequality, Young Women’s Activist Tactics, United Nations and Governments Stimulate Equality, Is the Future Female? Young Men’s Issues and Viewpoints
Chapter 2 Global Desire for Equality
Equality is Desired Globally, Females More Egalitarian, Claims that Women Leaders are More Peaceful, Women Politicians Make a Difference, Maternal Qualities Idealized as Compassionate Leadership, Women are Better Leaders? Do Women Organize Differently than Men? Existing Models of Feminist Societies, Opposition to Prejudice, How to Increase Women’s Influence on Government
Chapter 3 Global Status of Young Women
Inequality, Rural vs. Urban Sex Roles, Feminization of Poverty, Education is the Key, Health Issues, Violence Against Women
Chapter 4 Consumerism Targets “Girl Power”
Consumer Youth Religion?; Teen Identity Through Consumption; Social Unrest from Rising Expectations; How Youth Are Manipulated by Multinational Corporations; Negative Consequences of Consumerism; Youth Views about Materialism and Getting Rich; Traditional and Modern Beliefs: Moving Towards the Middle
Chapter 5 Global Media Both Helps and Inhibits Girls
Global Media is Pervasive and Changes Attitudes, Digital Divide, Teachers Compare their Generation With Their Students,
Indian Media, Mobile Phones and Social Media, The Internet Creates Global Youth Culture, Global Media Sells Consumerism, Media Addiction Creates Dumb Zombies, Media Exposure Makes Youth Opinionated and Brave, Hollywood Films Provide Global Activist Symbols, Media Facilitates Activism, Campaigns Against Sexualization of Girls, Covering Women’s News
Volume 2 Regions
Chapter 1 Feminist Waves in the West
Feminist Wave History, Second Wave Feminists, Second Wave Created Women’s Studies, Inequality Persists, Generation Gap, Third Wave Response, Rejection of Feminism? Fourth Wave, Women of Color, US Recent Feminist Actions
Chapter 2 Women and Development
Girls and Women’s Importance in Development, Transnational Feminism Opposes Neoliberalism, Post-Colonial Feminists and Development, Feminist Development Organizations
Chapter 3 Latin American Horizontalism
Latin American Young Women’s Issues, Poverty, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil
Chapter 4 The African Way
African Values, Poverty and Development, Health Issues, Education, Women’s Movements, Young Women Feminists
Chapter 5 Brave Women in Muslim Countries
The Middle East Background, The Most Gender Equal Arab Nations,
Women and Islam, Feminist Activists, Women’s Role in Recent Uprisings
Iran, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain, Morocco, Kurdish Rojava in Northern Syria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Chapter 6 Egypt’s 18-Day Revolution
Traditional Male Dominance; Education; A Pioneering Feminist: Dr. Nawal El Saadawi’s Egyptian Union for Women; Precursors to Women Revolutionaries of 2011; Young Women in the 2011 Revolution; After the Revolution; Sexual Harassment is Common; Recent Feminism
Chapter 7 Russia Turns to Glamour
Traditional Gender Roles, Consumerism and Glamour, Putin Teaches Youth to be Nationalistic, Attitudes Towards Feminism, Female Rebels Against Putin
Chapter 8 China Fears Feminists
Maoist Marxism, Traditional Beliefs, China’s Gender Issues, Rural vs. Urban Youth Issues, Youth Issues in an Era of Change from Maoism to Capitalism, Current Chinese Issues, Recent Feminism
Chapter 9 India’s Grassroots Feminism
Youth Issues, The Gap Between Urban and Rural, Violence Against Girls and Women, The Impact of Religion on Gender Roles, Changing Sex Roles, Youth Activism in Politics, Feminism
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