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Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America
Melissa Checker
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Description for Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 681.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231128506
SKU
V9780231128506
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About Melissa Checker
Melissa Checker is assistant professor of applied anthropology at the University of Memphis. Her research on environmental justice activism is the subject of an upcoming ethnography and several articles. She has been involved as an activist in the environmental justice movement. In her own discipline she endeavors to bring anthropological voices into public policy. Maggie Fishman is ... Read more
Reviews for Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America
Engagingly written, the volume will appeal across the readership spectrum, from general readers to professionals...Recommended. All levels and libraries.
S. Cable Choice The volumes focus on activism and identity provides a compelling image of an activist strategy for advancing social research.
Elisia L. Cohen Argumentation And Advocacy The strength Checker and Fishman's Local Actions is in its clearly ... Read more
S. Cable Choice The volumes focus on activism and identity provides a compelling image of an activist strategy for advancing social research.
Elisia L. Cohen Argumentation And Advocacy The strength Checker and Fishman's Local Actions is in its clearly ... Read more