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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463577803321

Autore

DeTurk Sara

Titolo

Activism, alliance building, and the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center / / Sara DeTurk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0599-6

0-7391-8865-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/72

Soggetti

Toleration - Study and teaching - United States

Social justice - Study and teaching - United States

Social change - United States

Social action - United States

Political participation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Research Methodology; 3 Place and Space; 4 Chicana Feminist Approaches to Social Change; 5 Languaging; 6 Story-Centered Organizing; 7 Esperanza v. City of San Antonio; 8 Uncompromising Confrontation of Injustice; 9 Alliances and Coalitions; 10 Conclusion; Appendix A: We Want Environmental Justice, Not (Just) Clean Technology; Appendix B: Letters in Support of Esperanza; Appendix C: Letter Attacking Esperanza; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This critical ethnography describes the context, vision, and social change tactics of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas. It explicates the important roles of intergroup alliances, strategic use of language, and arts programming as a means of connecting personal consciousness-raising to collective agency.</span></span>