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Sara Marcus: Girls to the Front: A Call To Arms

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Sara Marcus: Girls to the Front: A Call To Arms

College of Arts and Humanities | American Studies | English | History | Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center | The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Tuesday, October 11, 2011 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Taliaferro Hall, 0135

Author Sara Marcus reads from and discusses her critically-acclaimed book, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution.
Sara Marcus: "Girls to the Front: A Call to Arms; or, How Riot Grrrl (the Last Pre-Internet Underground Movement) Kick-Started Third-Wave Feminism, Reshaped Punk Rock, Invented 'Girl Power,' and Proved That Narrating Subcultures Is Extremely Complicated"

Author Sara Marcus reads from and discusses her critically-acclaimed book, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution (Harper Perennial, 2010).  This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; doors will open at 6:30. Co-sponsored by the Departments of Women's Studies and American Studies, the LGBT Studies Program, the Women's Studies Multimedia Studio, and TRIOTA: The Honor Society for Women's Studies at the University of Maryland.

For more information, contact Dr. Tara Rodgers: trodgers@umd.edu

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Author Sara Marcus reads from and discusses her critically-acclaimed book, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution.
Sara Marcus: "Girls to the Front: A Call to Arms; or, How Riot Grrrl (the Last Pre-Internet Underground Movement) Kick-Started Third-Wave Feminism, Reshaped Punk Rock, Invented 'Girl Power,' and Proved That Narrating Subcultures Is Extremely Complicated"

Author Sara Marcus reads from and discusses her critically-acclaimed book, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution (Harper Perennial, 2010).  This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; doors will open at 6:30. Co-sponsored by the Departments of Women's Studies and American Studies, the LGBT Studies Program, the Women's Studies Multimedia Studio, and TRIOTA: The Honor Society for Women's Studies at the University of Maryland.

For more information, contact Dr. Tara Rodgers: trodgers@umd.edu

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