TY - BOOK
T1 - Immigrants in the Sexual Revolution
T2 - Perceptions and Participation in Northwest Europe
AU - Shield, Andrew DJ
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This book focuses on the latter half of the twentieth century, when much of northwest Europe grew increasingly multicultural with the arrival of foreign workers and (post-)colonial migrants, whilst simultaneously experiencing a boom in feminist and sexual liberation activism. Using multilingual newspapers, foreign worker organizations’ archives, and interviews, this book shows that immigrants in the Netherlands and Denmark held a variety of viewpoints about European gender and sexual cultures. Some immigrants felt solidarity with, and even participated in, European social movements that changed norms and laws in favor of women’s equality, gay and lesbian rights, and sexual liberation. These histories challenge today’s politicians and journalists who strategically link immigration to sexual conservatism, misogyny, and homophobia.
AB - This book focuses on the latter half of the twentieth century, when much of northwest Europe grew increasingly multicultural with the arrival of foreign workers and (post-)colonial migrants, whilst simultaneously experiencing a boom in feminist and sexual liberation activism. Using multilingual newspapers, foreign worker organizations’ archives, and interviews, this book shows that immigrants in the Netherlands and Denmark held a variety of viewpoints about European gender and sexual cultures. Some immigrants felt solidarity with, and even participated in, European social movements that changed norms and laws in favor of women’s equality, gay and lesbian rights, and sexual liberation. These histories challenge today’s politicians and journalists who strategically link immigration to sexual conservatism, misogyny, and homophobia.
UR - https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783319496122
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-49613-9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-49613-9
M3 - Book
SN - 978-3-319-49612-2
T3 - Genders and Sexualities in History
BT - Immigrants in the Sexual Revolution
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -