Finding the Movement

Abstract

About the Series ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Locating Feminist Activism 1 Part 1: Community Organizing and Commercial Space 1. "Someone or Something Made That a Women's Bar": Claiming the Nighttime Marketplace 25 2. "Don't Steal It, Read It Here": Building Community in the Marketplace 62 Part 2: Public Assertion and Civic Space 3. "Kind of Like Mecca": Playgrounds, Players, and Women's Movement 105 4. Out in Left Field: Feminist Movement and Civic Athletic Space 145 Part 3: Politicizing Place and Feminist Institutions 5. Finding the Limit of Women's Autonomy: Shelters, Health Clinics, and the Practice of Property 177 6. If I Can't Dance Shirtless, It's Not a Revolution: Coffeehouse, Clubs, and the Construction of "All Women" 217 Conclusion: Recognizing the Subject of Feminist Activism 252 Notes 269 Bibliography 335 Index 357