The Feminist Bookshelf: Past
Online Resource
The following book selection was curated with Ruth, founder of The Feminist Bookshop in response to the ‘past’ for COMMUNAL. It is a thematically diverse list that covers the fight for liberation, accounts of injustice and in depth studies, forming a foundation to begin to think through feminised narratives.
How to get involved:
From Monday 30 March we will be releasing a response to each book online. This is not a definitive list but aims to generate thought and discussion. Suggestions are welcome. We will be offering two further curated bookshelves, for present and for future.
ON OUR BOOK SHELF
Women & Power: A Manifesto, Mary Beard, 2017
Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain, Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe, 1985
Sweet Freedom: The Struggle for Women’s Liberation, Anna Coote and Beatrix Campbell, 1982
Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire, Carol Dyhouse, 2017
Woman at Point Zero, Nawal El Saadawi, 1983
The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan, 1963
Reproductive Rights and Wrongs, Betsy Hartmann, 1995
March Women March: How Women Won the Vote, Lucinda Hawksley, 2013
The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability, Kristen Hogan, 2016
Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World, Kumari Jayawardena, 1986
Side Effects, Lesley Lawson, 2008
The Carrier Bag of Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin, 1989
Radical Feminism, Finn Mackay, 2015
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison, 1970
A History of Britain in 21 Women, Jenni Murray, 2016
Feminism: A Beginners Guide, Sally J. Scholz, 2010
The Color Purple, Alice Walker, 1983