Feminist Transformations examines the history of feminist activism against domestic violence in divided Berlin. Centred on this key issue of gender inequality, the book explores how feminists advanced women's rights in Germany. More broadly, it reflects critically on what these advancements have meant for feminism and gender justice.
Jane Freeland has written an ambitious book about a field of the social history of the double Germany and the reunified Federal Republic that is still unfairly viewed as an addendum. It shows that the analysis of the interactions between, firstly, feminist activists, secondly, media representatives, thirdly, state actors and, fourthly, the addressees of the violence protection initiatives, sharpen and sometimes blind central questions of German history since the 1960s can illuminate the spot.