UID:
almafu_9958351703102883
Format:
1 online resource (280 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2004. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780231502429
Content:
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--and 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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword /
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction /
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1. Treading Murky Waters:Day-To-Day Dilemmas in the Construction of a Pluralistic U.S. Environmental Movement /
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2. Creating Art, Creating Citizens: Arts Education as Cultural Activism /
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3. Creating a Political Space for American Indian Economic Development: Indian Gaming and American Indian Activism /
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4. "The Calculus of Pain": Violence, Anthropological Ethics, and the Category Transgender /
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5. We Shall Overcome? Changing Politics and Changing Sexuality in the Ex-Gay Movement /
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6. Sins of Our Soccer Moms: Servant Evangelism and the Spiritual Injuries of Class /
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7. Food Fights: Contesting "Cultural Diversity" in Crown Heights /
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8. FOBby or Tight? "Multicultural Day" and Other Struggles at Two Silicon Valley High Schools /
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9. Gathering "Roots" and Making History in the Korean Adoptee Community /
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10. Activism and Exile: Palestinianness and the Politics of Solidarity /
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In English.
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/chec12850
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/chec12850
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