Monday, November 03, 2008

Call for proposals: "Capturing our History: Feminisms in Canada and Quebec 1960-2010"

Capturing our History: Feminisms in Canada and Quebec, 1960-2010 /
Retracer notre histoire : le mouvement féministe au Canada et au Québec, 1960 à 2010


The project:
To publish a series of books - one per year beginning in 2010 - that depict the richness and diversity of feminist activity in Canada and Quebec between 1960 and 2010. They will be written by different authors and may include autobiographies, biographies, single- and multi-themed volumes, edited collections, plays, novels, etc.

The complexities of gender, race, class, geography, culture, dis/ability, language, sexual identity and age are central to the project. The topics may include:
· history of feminist groups (local, regional, national, service, topical etc.),
· autobiographies/ memoirs/ biographies of individuals involved in the movement,
· feminism in politics and the public service,
· feminists in business, the professions, the workplace, unions,
· feminism in art and sports,
· feminism in social and human sciences,
· feminism in reproductive issues and health,
· feminism in education, religion, science, international affairs,
· feminism and the media, etc.

We expect that all books will be published in both hardcover and paperback and intend to make some or all of the books available in digital format on the internet. The hardcover “collection” will be marketed as a series, like a “book of the year club.” We hope to sign up thousands as members of "Our Feminist History Book Society", a built-in purchasing group for the books, who for an annual fee of $75-100, would receive the “book of the year.” The paperback books will be sold separately in bookstores and outlets.


How to Participate:
Comment on how the project should be developed; propose writing a book, or part of one: M. Elizabeth Atcheson meatcheson@sympatico.ca
or Constance Backhouse backhous@uottawa.ca
or you can contact the NB Advisory Council on Status of Women for more info at acswcccf@gnb.ca

Who Is Involved:
The project is in formation and has benefited from the assistance of: Marguerite Andersen, M. Elizabeth Atcheson (Co-Editor), Constance Backhouse (Co-Editor), Monique Bégin, Mary Breen, Susan G. Cole, Margaret Conrad, Shelagh Day, Francine Descarries, Margrit Eichler, Ursula Franklin, Lorraine Greaves, Sylvia D. Hamilton, Danielle Juteau, Linda Kealey, Michele Landsberg, Tracey Lindberg, Meg Luxton, Diana Majury, Lorna Marsden, Maureen O’Neil, Francine Pelletier and Judy Steed.


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