In this course, we will explore the struggles and triumph "inbetween peoples" after Reconstruction and before WWII.
Hey guys, ignore my earlier post if you happened to read it. This one
is the real deal:
Something I would not have realized or focused on as Enstad has is the
importance of creativity and choice in minor decisions and behaviors
for the empowerment of women. Though Enstad clearly focused on this
in relation to the choice of [...]
During my reading of the first part of Enstad, I was often bored by her frequent and exhaustive reiterations. So, as I sat down to begin chapter four, I was really hoping for something at least a little different. I was relieved when Enstad introduced a theory argued by James Scott in the introduction to [...]
Reading Enstad’s work has made me rethink what constitutes a “political act.” Had I been asked before, I would have responded via the traditional route: protest marches, boycotts, strikes—in short, large-scale, public, group actions. Enstad strives to break down such entrenched notions of the “political” versus the “non-political” by arguing that in [...]
Despite my general displeasure with Nan Enstad’s writing style in this book (surprise, surprise), particularly in the introductory material beginning each chapter, I found more than a few of her arguments convincing, particularly her belief that newspaper reporting played the most crucial role in turning the shirtwaist strike of November 1909 into the first massive [...]