Activism, Alliance Building, and the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
Seiten
2014
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8864-4 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8864-4 (ISBN)
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.
The longevity of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas, suggests that it is possible for a social change organization to simultaneously address racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, imperialism, environmental justice, and peace—and to succeed. Activism, Alliance Building, and the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center uses ethnographic research to provide an instructive case study of the importance and challenges of confronting injustice in all of its manifestations. Through building and maintaining alliances, deploying language strategically, and using artistic expression as a central organizing mechanism, The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center demonstrates the power of multi-issue organizing and intersectional/coalitional consciousness. Interweaving artistic programming with its social justice agenda, in particular, offers Esperanza a unique forum for creative and political expression, institutional collaborations, and interpersonal relationships, which promote consciousness raising, mobilization, and social change. This study will appeal to scholars of communication, Chicana feminism, and ethnography.
The longevity of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas, suggests that it is possible for a social change organization to simultaneously address racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, imperialism, environmental justice, and peace—and to succeed. Activism, Alliance Building, and the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center uses ethnographic research to provide an instructive case study of the importance and challenges of confronting injustice in all of its manifestations. Through building and maintaining alliances, deploying language strategically, and using artistic expression as a central organizing mechanism, The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center demonstrates the power of multi-issue organizing and intersectional/coalitional consciousness. Interweaving artistic programming with its social justice agenda, in particular, offers Esperanza a unique forum for creative and political expression, institutional collaborations, and interpersonal relationships, which promote consciousness raising, mobilization, and social change. This study will appeal to scholars of communication, Chicana feminism, and ethnography.
Sara DeTurk is associate professor of communication at University of Texas at San Antonio.
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Research Methodology
Chapter 3: Place and Space
Chapter 4: Chicana Feminist Approaches to Social Change
Chapter 5: Languaging
Chapter 6: Story-Centered Organizing
Chapter 7: Esperanza v. City of San Antonio
Chapter 8: Uncompromising Confrontation of Injustice
Chapter 9: Alliances and Coalitions
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Appendixes
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.11.2014 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 372 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7391-8864-X / 073918864X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-8864-4 / 9780739188644 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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