Sons, Daughters, and Patriarchy

Gender and the 1968 Generation

Bibliographic Data

ID6002137
AuthorsSara M Evans (0000-0003-2962-8400, corresponding author), Sara Evans (0009-0002-6726-5735, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume114
Issue2
Pages331-347
Publication date2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe American Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/ahr.114.2.331
OpenAlexW1964574493
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited3

FEW STUDIES HAVE MADE GENDER CENTRAL to their analysis of the international 1968, although most acknowledge the rebirth of feminism as one of its most profound and lasting legacies. 1 In Western Europe, Japan, and parts of Latin America, histories of contemporary feminism invariably place its origins in 1968, even if the movements themselves usually emerged a year or two later.In the United States, a new feminist movement was already under way, debuting in the mass media in September 1968 with a demonstration at the Miss America Pageant.Even studies that give short shrift to women acknowledge in passing that feminism and dramatic challenges to gender relations were among the primary legacies of the activism of the "1968 generation." 2 It is an interesting lacuna, then, that leaves these claims under-analyzed

Aesthetics · Art · Feminism · Feminist movement · Latin Americans · Movement (music · Patriarchy · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America