LEADER 04575nam 22006854a 450 001 9910777006603321 005 20230207224626.0 010 $a0-231-50242-7 024 7 $a10.7312/chec12850 035 $a(CKB)1000000000445314 035 $a(EBL)909222 035 $a(OCoLC)826476424 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193696 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172852 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193696 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10219850 035 $a(PQKB)10557920 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909222 035 $a(DE-B1597)458737 035 $a(OCoLC)213305187 035 $a(OCoLC)979625655 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231502429 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909222 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183511 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL853836 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000445314 100 $a20030714d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---uu|uu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLocal actions$b[electronic resource] $ecultural activism, power, and public life in America /$fedited by Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-12851-7 311 0 $a0-231-12850-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword /$rGinsburg, Faye --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction /$rChecker, Melissa / Fishman, Maggie --$t1. Treading Murky Waters:Day-To-Day Dilemmas in the Construction of a Pluralistic U.S. Environmental Movement /$rChecker, Melissa --$t2. Creating Art, Creating Citizens: Arts Education as Cultural Activism /$rFishman, Maggie --$t3. Creating a Political Space for American Indian Economic Development: Indian Gaming and American Indian Activism /$rSpilde, Katherine A. --$t4. "The Calculus of Pain": Violence, Anthropological Ethics, and the Category Transgender /$rValentine, David --$t5. We Shall Overcome? Changing Politics and Changing Sexuality in the Ex-Gay Movement /$rErzen, Tanya --$t6. Sins of Our Soccer Moms: Servant Evangelism and the Spiritual Injuries of Class /$rElisha, Omri --$t7. Food Fights: Contesting "Cultural Diversity" in Crown Heights /$rGoldschmidt, Henry --$t8. FOBby or Tight? "Multicultural Day" and Other Struggles at Two Silicon Valley High Schools /$rShankar, Shalini --$t9. Gathering "Roots" and Making History in the Korean Adoptee Community /$rKim, Eleana --$t10. Activism and Exile: Palestinianness and the Politics of Solidarity /$rAbdulhadi, Rabab 330 $aActivism is alive and well in the United States, according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards, art classes, and urban areas branded as "ghettos," these anthropologists explore the many routes people take to work toward social change. Ten absorbing studies present activist groups across the country-from transgender activists in New York City, to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley, to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans. Each one examines a social change effort as it unfolds on the ground. Through their anthropological approach these portraits of American society suggest the inherent possibilities in identity-based organizing and offer crucial in-depth perspectives on such hotly debated topics as multiculturalism and the culture wars, the environment, racism, public education, Native American rights, and the Christian right. Moving far beyond the walls of academia, the contributors address the complex issues that arise when researchers have stakes in the subjects they study. Scholars can play multiple roles in the activist struggles they recount, and these essays illustrate how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. 606 $aSocial change$zUnited States 606 $aSocial participation$zUnited States 606 $aCommunity life$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aSocial change 615 0$aSocial participation 615 0$aCommunity life 676 $a306/.0973 700 $aChecker$b Melissa, $01042728 701 $aChecker$b Melissa$01042728 701 $aFishman$b Maggie$01480026 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777006603321 996 $aLocal actions$93696482 997 $aUNINA