Reviews
"The volumes focus on activism and identity provides a compelling image of an activist strategy for advancing social research." -- Elisia L. Cohen, Argumentation And Advocacy, "Local Actions is a welcome volume that represents a (still) rare instance of anthropologists engaging in the study of political processes in western society; it provides us with detail-rich and nuanced understandings of politics as it takes place in practice, and in everyday settings." -- Davide Pero, Social Anthropology, Local Actions is a welcome volume that represents a (still) rare instance of anthropologists engaging in the study of political processes in western society; it provides us with detail-rich and nuanced understandings of politics as it takes place in practice, and in everyday settings., "Engagingly written, the volume will apeal across the readership spectrum, from general readers to professionals...Recommended. All levels and libraries." -- Choice, "The authors expertly detail the positive effect activism has not only on the individual communities, but also on the entire nation... By reading these studies, audiences will gain a better understanding of how social changes are made." -- Danielle Bullen, Haverford Magazine, The strength Checker and Fishman's Local Actions is in its clearly written, accessible case studies of efforts at social change., "The strength Checker and Fishman's Local Actions is in its clearly written, accessible case studies of efforts at social change." -- Karen Brodkin, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, The volumes focus on activism and identity provides a compelling image of an activist strategy for advancing social research., "The strength Checker and Fishman's Local Actionsis in its clearly written, accessible case studies of efforts at social change." -- Karen Brodkin, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Engagingly written, the volume will appeal across the readership spectrum, from general readers to professionals...Recommended. All levels and libraries., "Engagingly written, the volume will appeal across the readership spectrum, from general readers to professionals...Recommended. All levels and libraries." -- Choice
Table of Content
Foreword, by Faye Ginsburg Acknowledgments Introduction, by Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman Treading Murky Waters: Day-To-Day Dilemmas in the Construction of a Pluralistic U.S. Environmental Movement, by Melissa Checker Creating Art, Creating Citizens: Arts Education as Cultural Activism, by Maggie Fishman Creating a Political Space for American Indian Economic Development: Indian Gaming and American Indian Activism, by Kate Spilde "The Calculus of Pain": Violence, Anthropological Ethics, and the Category Transgender, by David Valentine We Shall Overcome? Changing Politics and Changing Sexuality in the Ex-Gay Movement, by Tanya Erzen Sins of Our Soccer Moms: Servant Evangelism and the Spiritual Injuries of Class, by Omri Elisha Food Fights: Contesting "Cultural Diversity" in Crown Heights, by Henry Goldschmidt FOBby or Tight? "Multicultural Day" and Other Struggles in Two Silicon Valley High Schools, by Shalini Shankar Gathering "Roots" and Making History in the Korean Adoptee Community, by Eleana Kim Activism and Exile: Palestinianness and the Politics of Solidarity, by Rabab Abdulhadi
