Daring to Be Bad (American Culture) (Volume 3)

The book itself is fine, but it was advertised as "Like New" and there's no way it merited that. Broken spine, severely worn cover, bending, etc. It's still readable and the cost wasn't too much, but a more honest assessment of the condition would have been appreciated.

This book is fantastic and should be considered a must-read for every historian of the 60s/70s, and every women's studies course.

Alice Echols presents the reader with an excellent overview of the second wave of American feminism. The author situates the rise of the second wave with women's realization that they were being squeezed out of the cutting edge of both SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)and SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) and the further understanding that the only way women's issues were going to be addressed was by starting their own movement. Echols covers both the grand successes and weaknesses of the movement. This includes the fairly rapid splintering of the movement into a multitude of groups based in part on the politico-radical feminist and heterosexual-lesbian splits. The author really shines during the description of the period and is very precise in her explanation of when and why the splintering happens. Additionally, the author's endnotes and appendices are extremely helpful in keeping the information about the main participants and groups straight for the reader. Overall this is the best book for those wanting to get a handle on the second wave.

Not that great. I had to read for a college course. I would not read for pleasure.

Daring To Be Bad is an essential history of the Women's Liberation Movement. Daring is nuanced in that it connects this movement to other protest movements of the 60's while remaining true to the Women's Movement's distinctive arc.If you want to understand the vexed racial politics of Women's Movement or the equality/difference divide, start with Daring. Echols has written an intellectually serious book that is also deliciously gossipy.This is THE book about 60s Radical Feminism and also a really FUN read!

I find this book very informative, but a little short on analysis outside the box. Over and over again we get to hear about the failures, without the context of the absolutely extraordinary that was at the same time happening. Such extraordinary daring comes with all sorts of liabilities, and most of the time the focus is on the breaking apart - with little room give for how truly radical these various groupings were and why such daring can rarely last ...

school textbook

Ich habe dieses Buch benutzt, um meine Diplomarbeit in Geschichte zu schreiben. Es bietet eine tolle und detailreiche Auseinandersetzung mit der Entwicklung der Frauenbewegung in den USA nach deren Abspaltung von der New Left.

J'ai écrit mon mémoire sur le féminisme radical est ce bouquin a été ma bible, c'est l'un des seul (et je dirais même le seul) a être aussi complet. Ayant moi même travaillé sur ce sujet je peux dire que le travail de recherche de Mme Echols est remarquable.On y trouve tout , de la fin des années 67 à la fin des années 75, et il y a beaucoup a dire. La structure du livre est chronologique ce qui permet de s'y retrouver facilement.Petit bémol peut être on aurait aimé un peu plus de matière sur le féminisme lesbien en lui même et les courant qui en ont découlé. Mais sinon aucune fausse note.