Transforming places : lessons from Appalachia / edited by Stephen L. Fisher and Barbara Ellen Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fisher, Stephen L., 1944-

Smith, Barbara Ellen, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community organization--Appalachian Region.

Community organization.

Social action--Appalachian Region.

Social action.

Political participation--Appalachian Region.

Political participation.

Social conditions.

Appalachian Region--Social conditions.

Appalachian Region.

Physical Description:

viii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]

Summary:

In this era of globalization's ruthless deracination, place attachments have become increasingly salient in collective mobilizations across the spectrum of politics. Like place-based activists in other resource-rich yet impoverished regions across the globe, Appalachians are contesting economic injustice, environmental degradation, and the anti-democratic power of elites. This collection of seventeen original essays by scholars and activists from a variety of backgrounds explores this wide range of oppositional politics, querying its successes, limitations, and impacts. The editors' critical introduction and conclusion integrate theories of place and space with analyses of organizations and events discussed by contributors. Transforming Places illuminates widely relevant lessons about building coalitions and movements that have sufficient strength to challenge corporate-driven globalization. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Go Tell it on the Mountains: Place, Identity, and Culture

1 Stop the Bombs: Local Organizing with Global Reach / Ralph Hutchison Hutchison, Ralph 19

2 RAIL Solution: Taking on Halliburton on the Home Front / Rees Shearer Shearer, Rees 32

3 This Land Is Your Land: Local Organizing and the Hegemony of Growth / Nina Gregg Gregg, Nina, Doug Gamble Gamble, Doug 47

4 Identity Matters: Building an Urban Appalachian Movement in Cincinnati / Phillip J. Obermiller Obermiller, Phillip J., M. Kathryn Brown Brown, M. Kathryn, Donna Jones Jones, Donna, Michael E. Moloney Moloney, Michael E., Thomas E. Wagner Wagner, Thomas E. 92

5 Appalachian Youth Re-envisioning Home, Re-making Identities / Katie Richards-Schuster Richards-Schuster, Katie, Rebecca O'Doherty O'Doherty, Rebecca 78

6 Resistance through Community-based Arts / Maureen Mullinax Mullinax, Maureen 92

II Where no one Stand Alone Bridging Divides

7 Organizing Appalachian Women: Hope Lies in the Struggle / Meredith Dean Dean, Meredith, Edna Gulley Gulley, Edna Linda McKinney 109

8 The Southern Empowerment Project: Homegrown Organizing Gone Too Soon / June Rostan Rostan, June, Walter Davis Davis, Walter 122

9 Center for Participatory Change: Cultivating Grassroots Support Organizing / Craig White White, Craig, Paul Castelloe Castelloe, Paul, Molly Hemstreet Hemstreet, Molly, Yaira Andrea Arias Soto Soto, Yaira Andrea Arias, Jeannette Butterworth Butterworth, Jeannette 133

10 Faith-based Coalitions and Organized Labor: New Forms of Collaboration in the Twenty-first Century? / Jill Kriesky Kriesky, Jill, Daniel Swan Swan, Daniel 148

11 Talking Union in Two Languages: Labor Rights and Immigrant Workers in East Tennessee / Fran Ansley Ansley, Fran 164

III Climbing Jacob's Ladder: Scaling Up

12 Virginia Organizing: The Action Is at the State Level / Joe Szakos Szakos, Joe, Ladelle McWhorter McWhorter, Ladelle 183

13 OxyContin Flood in the Coalfields: "Searching for Higher Ground" / Sue Ella Kobak Kobak, Sue Ella 198

14 Not Your Grandmother's Agrarianism: The Community Farm Alliance's Agrifood Activism / Jenrose Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Jenrose, Lisa Markowitz Markowitz, Lisa, Dwight B. Billings Billings, Dwight B. 210

15 Mountain Justice / Cassie Robinson Pfleger Pfleger, Cassie Robinson, Randal Pfleger Pfleger, Randal, Ryan Wishart Wishart, Ryan, Dave Cooper Cooper, Dave 226

16 Who Knows? Who Tells? Creating a Knowledge Commons / Anita Puckett Puckett, Anita, Elizabeth Fine Fine, Elizabeth, Mary Hufford Hufford, Mary, Ann Kingsolver Kingsolver, Ann, Betsy Taylor Taylor, Betsy 239

17 North and South: Struggles over Coal in Colombia and Appalachia / Aviva Chomsky Chomsky, Aviva, Chad Montrie Montrie, Chad 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252036668

0252036662

9780252078385

0252078381

9780252093760

0252093763

OCLC:

741273625