Redemptive Memory - Women Activists and the Search for Justice

This book, the culmination of the life's work of noted oral historian Fran Leeper Buss, combines interviews, memoir, theory, and analysis to explore the ways in which some women are able to redeem memories of traumatic experiences by going on to become social justice activists.

Sommario

Part One: Memory
Chapter One
Redemption and Memory: Definitions
Chapter Two
The Complex Topic of Justice
Chapter Three
Beginnings
Chapter Four
Doing Oral History
Part Two: Trauma
Chapter Five
Trauma: Definitions
Chapter Six
Cultural Trauma: Witness and Recovery
Chapter Seven
Collective Trauma and Accompaniment of the Traumatized
Part Three: Testimony
Chapter Eight
Testimony: Definitions
Chapter Nine
Relationships in Testimony
Chapter Ten
Testifying, Silencing, and Using Symbols
Part Four: Justice
Chapter Eleven
Justice: Definitions
Chapter Twelve
Seeking Justice through Resistance
Chapter Thirteen
Alliances and Intersectionality
Chapter Fourteen
Teología de Conjunto

Info autore

Fran Leeper Buss

Riassunto

This book, the culmination of the life’s work of noted oral historian Fran Leeper Buss, combines interviews, memoir, theory, and analysis to explore the ways in which some women are able to redeem memories of traumatic experiences by going on to become social justice activists.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fran Leeper Buss, Buss Fran Leeper
• Con la collaborazione di: Miriam Davidson (Editore), Davidson Miriam (Editore), Davidson Miriam (Prefazione)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781666915228
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-522-8
• Pagine: 220
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women & girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice