Local Actions : : Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America / / Maggie Fishman, Melissa Checker.
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 r...
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Treading Murky Waters:Day-To-Day Dilemmas in the Construction of a Pluralistic U.S. Environmental Movement
- 2. Creating Art, Creating Citizens: Arts Education as Cultural Activism
- 3. Creating a Political Space for American Indian Economic Development: Indian Gaming and American Indian Activism
- 4. "The Calculus of Pain": Violence, Anthropological Ethics, and the Category Transgender
- 5. We Shall Overcome? Changing Politics and Changing Sexuality in the Ex-Gay Movement
- 6. Sins of Our Soccer Moms: Servant Evangelism and the Spiritual Injuries of Class
- 7. Food Fights: Contesting "Cultural Diversity" in Crown Heights
- 8. FOBby or Tight? "Multicultural Day" and Other Struggles at Two Silicon Valley High Schools
- 9. Gathering "Roots" and Making History in the Korean Adoptee Community
- 10. Activism and Exile: Palestinianness and the Politics of Solidarity