Women and Gender Issues in British Paganism, 1945-1990

by Shai Feraro

Book Overview

This book explores the ways in which changing views on gender and the place of women in society during the latter half of the twentieth century affected women's participation and standing within British Paganism. More specifically, it examines how British Wiccans and Wiccan-derived Pagans reacted to the rise of 'second-wave' feminism and the Women's Liberation Movement in the UK - with a special emphasis on the reception of feminist theory hailing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030466949
• ISBN13: 9783030466947
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"