Grassroots Warriors : Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Perspectives on Gender
ISBN-10
0415910242
ISBN-13
9780415910248
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 4th, 1998
Print length
286 Pages
Weight
499 grams
Product Classification:
Urban communitiesGender studies: womenEthnic studies
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Explores the connections among motherhood, work, politics and the community in low-income urban environments. It reveals the significant legacies of the social movements of the 1960s as well as the War on Poverty.
Who are the grassroots warriors on the front lines of the war on poverty? Through in-depth interviews, Nancy Naples presents the voices of over sixty women--African American, Puerto Rican and white European American--who have fought for social and economic justice in the low-income neighborhoods of New York City and Philadelphia. These women, as community workers and activist mothers, contribute vital and often unpaid services to ther communities, offering complex political perspectives and empowering others. Naples reconceptualizes labor, mothering and politics from the standpoint of women committed to work and politically organize on behalf of low income urban communities. Her analysis reveals significant legacies from past social movements, and examines how gender, ethnicity and class influence political consciousness and practice.
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