Making Waves

Margaret Atack is Professor of French at the University of Leeds. Alison S. Fell is Professor of French Cultural History, University of Leeds & Director of Leeds Arts & Humanities Research Institute. Diana Holmes is Professor of French at the University of Leeds. Imogen Long is Lecturer in French at the University of Hull.

• AcknowledgementsContentsList of illustrationsTimelineGlossaryIntroduction: Making WavesMARGARET ATACK, ALISON S. FELL, DIANA HOLMES, IMOGEN LONGPART 1. THEN: SECOND WAVE FEMINISM IN FRANCE1. Before Les Femmes s’entêtent: the Bermuda Triangle of French feminism?SIÂN REYNOLDS2. 1975: The Year of womenDIANA HOLMES AND IMOGEN LONG3. From Muse to Insoumuse: Delphine Seyrig, vidéasteGRACE ANPART 2. THEN AND NOW: FEMINISM AND PUBLIC ARENAS4. Work-family reconciliation policy in France: challenging or reinforcing the gender division of domestic and care work since the 1970s?JAN WINDEBANK5. Feminist publishing in France 1975 - 2000: a quest for legitimacyFANNY MAZZONE6. Parole(s) de femmes: from Le Torchon brûle to Les Nouvelles NewsMAGGIE ALLISON7. Utopian Gaiety: French lesbian activism and the politics of pleasure (1974-2016)TAMARA CHAPLIN8. ‘La femme du soldat inconnu’: Feminism and French lieux de mémoireALISON S. FELL9. A Mediterranean Bazaar : The Bazar du Genre exhibition at the Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (MuCEM) in Marseille, 2013BRONWYN WINTERPART 3. NOW: REAPPRAISALS AND NEW AGENDAS10. Time to laugh or to cry? ‘Le Rire de la Méduse’ after 40 yearsMAIREAD HANRAHAN11. ‘Les hommes et les femmes, c’est vraiment pas pareil’ (‘Men and women just aren’t the same’): Nancy Huston’s Passions d’Annie LeclercDIANA HOLMES12. Across the waves: Benoîte Groult, Catel Muller and bande dessinéeIMOGEN LONG13. Voix blanche? Annie Ernaux, French feminisms and the challenge of intersectionalityLYN THOMAS14. Third Wave collective manifestos: What do feminists still want?MICHÈLE SCHAALConclusionMARGARET ATACK, ALISON S. FELL, DIANA HOLMES, IMOGEN LONGBibliographyNotes on Contributors

'This is an important book. Even before one begins to read the individual essays, the volume’s usefulness is apparent: e.g., the glossary includes acronyms of various feminist organizations; the timeline extends from 1944, when French women got the right to vote, to the 2018 debate in Le Monde on sexual harassment and violence; and both the up-to-date bibliography and impeccably edited index extend to more than 20 pages. This well-documented, jargon-free volume will be valuable for those interested in feminism or contemporary French culture.'A. M. Rea, emerita, Occidental College, CHOICE