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



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Autore: DeTurk Sara Visualizza persona
Titolo: Activism, alliance building, and the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center / / Sara DeTurk Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
Disciplina: 303.3/72
Soggetto topico: 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
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>
Titolo autorizzato: Activism, alliance building, and the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4985-0599-6
0-7391-8865-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910823569903321
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