Princess Diana: A Sign of the Times

Brunt, Rosalind

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“…A good example of this ambiguity is the way in which Princess Diana was feted as an ideal of both femininity and also feminism in the immediate aftermath of her death. An incredible amount of media coverage and at least two books focused on her status as survivor of and challenger to outdated structures, practices and ideologies of patriarchy (Brunt, 1999;Burchill, 1998;Campbell, 1998). It is plausible to argue that if this is an example of feminism, then it has been trivialized; reduced to the obsession with fashion, celebrities and ephemera that passes for news today.…”

Section: Signs Of a Movement?mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Movement Moves . . . Is There a Women's Movement in England Today?

Nash

2002

European Journal of Women's Studies

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There is a diversity of views among feminists who have been debating whether or not a women's movement exists in Britain today. In part this is due to the lack of a clear working definition of social movement. This article uses social movement theory to discuss the ambiguous signs that are taken to indicate either the movement's continuing existence or its disappearance: the growth of mainstream political organizations; a focus on `women' in cultural production; the `micro-politics' of everyday life (often enacted in the terms of `I'm not a feminist but . . .'). The article looks at the history of second-wave feminism in England using the two main schools of social movement theory: the `contentious politics' model focusing on organizations and formal political structures; and the `submerged networks' theory that takes solidarity, conflict and challenging dominant cultural codes to be central to social movements.

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Section: Signs Of a Movement?mentioning

confidence: 99%