Consciousness-Raising in Clapham; Women's Liberation as 'Lived Experience' in South London in the 1970s

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ID5087650
AuthorsSue Bruley (Bridgepoint (United Kingdom), corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume22
Issue5
Pages717-738
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen s History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09612025.2013.769378
OpenAlexW2167594548
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This article demonstrates the centrality of the small group process, known as consciousness-raising, to the women's liberation movement in 1970s Britain. It argues that by focusing on women's liberation campaigns, demands and conferences too much emphasis has been placed on the ‘public’ face of the movement and insufficient emphasis has been given to the process by which women sought to understand their oppression, redefine themselves and create new feminist identities. By examining the impact of women's liberation on personal life we see how women sought to live out the implications of the slogan ‘the personal is political’. This article examines the process of consciousness-raising in one south London group from 1972 to 1979

Consciousness · Liberation movement · Oppression · Political consciousness · Political science · Politics · Slogan · Social science · Sociology · Women's Liberation · Engineering · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology

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