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Taking risks : feminist activism and research in the Americas / edited by Julie Shayne ; foreword by Margaret Randall ; Marisela Fleites-Lear [and thirteen others], contributors.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Randall, Margaret, author of introduction, etc.
Contributor:
Shayne, Julie, 1966- editor.
Fleites-Lear, Marisela, contributor.
Series:
SUNY series, praxis, theory in action.
SUNY Series, Praxis : Theory in Action
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Feminism--History--North America.
Feminism.
Feminism--History--South America.
Social justice--History--North America.
Social justice.
Social justice--History--South America.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (385 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Explores activist scholarship in relation to feminism and social movements in the Americas.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
About the cover
Monument to civilians massacred at Plaza de Mayo / Nora Patrich
Foreword
The thing about taking risks / Margaret Randall
Introduction
Research, risk, and activism : feminists' stories of social justice / Julie Shayne and Kristy Leissle
Section onepart one: texts, stories, and activism
Writing and activism / Carmen Rodríguez
Absence in memories : reading stories of survival in Argentina / Mahala Lettvin
Chilean exiles and their feminist stories / Julie Shayne
Navigating the Cuban ideological divide : research on the independent libraries movement / Marisela Fleites-Lear
Section twopart two: performed stories of social justice
We also built the city of Medellín : Deplazadas' family albums as feminist archival activism / Tamera Marko
Who owns the archive? : community media in contemporary Venezuela / Robin Garcia
Echoes of injustice : performative activism and the femicide plaguing Ciudad Juárez / Christina Marín
Section threepart three: activist stories from the grassroots
Feminist tensions : race, sex work, and women/s activism in Bahia / Erica Lorraine Williams
Latina battered immigrants, citizenship and inequalities : reflections on activist research / Roberta Villalón
Rural feminism and revolution in Nicaragua : voices of the Compañeras / Shelly Grabe
Conclusion
Afterword
Mother's day / Julie Shayne
About the authorscontributors
Index.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781438452470
1438452470
OCLC:
887538182

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