the accidental feminists: Shelagh Delaney • Edna O’Brien • Lynne Reid-Banks • Charlotte Bingham • Nell Dunn • Virginia Ironside • Margaret Forster
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Brayfield, Celia
- Publish Year
- 2019
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 54 2019
- Thesaurus
- schrijvers, literatuur, beeld en geluid, feminisme, pioniers, tweede feministische golf, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1979, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Book describes the emancipatory impact of seven British young female writers. The play A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney in 1958 was the first in a succession of young women who wrote about their lives. They rebelled against sexism, inequality and prejudice and in doing so challenged the traditional concepts of womanhood in novels, films, television, essays and journalism. Their work reached a global audience, paved the way for social changes and laid the foundations of second-wave feminism. Besides Delaney, the author tells the story of Edna O'Brien, Lynne Reid-Banks, Charlotte Bingham, Nell Dunn, Virginia Ironside and Margaret Forster.