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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Randall, Margaret, author of introduction, etc.
- 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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