Finding the Movement : Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism

About the Series ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction Locating Feminist Activism 1(24) Part One Community Organizing and Commercial Space ``Someone or Something Made That a Women's Bar'' 25(37) Claiming the Nighttime Marketplace ``Don't Steal It, Read It Here'' 62(43) Building Community in the Marketplace Part Two Public Assertion and Civic Space ``Kind of Like Mecca'' 105(40) Playgrounds, Players, and Women's Movement Out in Left Field 145(32) Feminist Movement and Civic Athletic Space Part Three Politicizing Place and Feminist Institutions Finding the Limits of Women's Autonomy 177(40) Shelters, Health Clinics, and the Practice of Property If I Can't Dance Shirtless, It's Not a Revolution 217(35) Coffeehouses, Clubs, and the Construction of ``All Women'' Conclusion Recognizing the Subject of Feminist Activism 252(17) Notes 269(66) Bibliography 335(22) Index 357