Play, creativity, and social movements : if I can't dance, it's not my revolution / Benjamin Shepard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepard, Benjamin, 1969-

Series:

Routledge advances in sociology ; 57.

Routledge advances in sociology ; 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Play--Social aspects.

Play.

Play--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As we play, we step away from stark reality to conjure up new possibilities for the present and our common future. Today, a new cohort of social activists are using it to create social change and reinvent democratic social relations. In contrast to work or routine, play must be free. To the extent that it is, it infuses a high-octane burst of innovation into any number of organizational practices and contexts, and invites social actors to participate in a low-threshold, highly democratic process of collaboration, based on pleasure and convivial social relations. Despite the contention that suc

Contents:

Cover; Play, Creativity, and Social Movements. If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution; Copyright; Contents; Lists of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Notes toward an Introduction. From Play to Eternity; 1. Surrealists, Situations, and Street Parties. History, Play, and Social Movements; 2. Play as Prank. From the Yippies to the Young Lords; 3. Send in the Clowns. Play, Pleasure, and Struggles against Oblivion; 4. Play as Community Building. From Gardens to Global Action; 5. Play as Street Party. Reclaiming Streets and Creating More Gardens!

6. Playing in Topsy-Turvy Times. From Carnival to Carnage7. From Play to Panic. Ludic Organizing in Absurd Times; 8. The Limits of Play. Radical Clowning vs. Tomato Picking; Notes toward a Conclusion. Reflections on the Study of Play in Social Movements; Interviews; A Brief Glossary of Groups; References; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-82964-4

1-280-68250-7

1-136-82965-2

9786613659446

0-203-83148-9

9780203831489

OCLC:

794663249