Local Actions - Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America

Informationen zum Autor Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman Klappentext Activism is alive and well in the United States! according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards! art classes! and urban areas branded as "ghettos!" these anthropologists explore the many routes people take to work toward social change.Ten absorbing studies present activist groups across the country -- from transgender activists in New York City! to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley! to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans. Each one examines a social change effort as it unfolds on the ground. Through their anthropological approach these portraits of American society suggest the inherent possibilities in identity-based organizing and offer crucial in-depth perspectives on such hotly debated topics as multiculturalism and the culture wars! the environment! racism! public education! Native American rights! and the Christian right. Moving far beyond the walls of academia! the contributors address the complex issues that arise when researchers have stakes in the subjects they study. Scholars can play multiple roles in the activist struggles they recount! and these essays illustrate how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. Zusammenfassung Illustrates how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. This book features ten studies that present activist groups across US - from transgender activists in New York City! to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley! to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword! by Faye GinsburgAcknowledgmentsIntroduction! by Melissa Checker and Maggie FishmanTreading Murky Waters: Day-To-Day Dilemmas in the Construction of a Pluralistic U.S. Environmental Movement! by Melissa CheckerCreating Art! Creating Citizens: Arts Education as Cultural Activism! by Maggie FishmanCreating a Political Space for American Indian Economic Development: Indian Gaming and American Indian Activism! by Kate Spilde"The Calculus of Pain": Violence! Anthropological Ethics! and the Category Transgender! by David ValentineWe Shall Overcome? Changing Politics and Changing Sexuality in the Ex-Gay Movement! by Tanya ErzenSins of Our Soccer Moms: Servant Evangelism and the Spiritual Injuries of Class! by Omri ElishaFood Fights: Contesting "Cultural Diversity" in Crown Heights! by Henry GoldschmidtFOBby or Tight? "Multicultural Day" and Other Struggles in Two Silicon Valley High Schools! by Shalini ShankarGathering "Roots" and Making History in the Korean Adoptee Community! by Eleana KimActivism and Exile: Palestinianness and the Politics of Solidarity! by Rabab Abdulhadi ...

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Checker, Melissa (EDT)/ Fishman Checker, Melissa Fishman Checker, Maggie Fishman
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.2004
• EAN: 9780231128513
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12851-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries