{"product_id":"cultural-politics-paperback-softback-9781566393232","title":"Cultural Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781566393232","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCultural Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarcy Darnovsky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781566393232\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 July 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e269 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.552 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is an interesting and diverse collection that bridges several divides: between scholars and activists, culture and politics, and European and U.S. theoretical perspectives. Together, the chapters give a good picture of the complexities of contemporary social movements, cultural politics, identity and the politicization of personal realms, and the legacy of the movements of the 1960s. It will make a valuable contribution to contemporary intellectual and political thought.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eNancy Whittier\u003c\/b\u003e, Smith College author of \u003ci\u003eFeminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women's Movement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Bridging the worlds of activism and academia-social movement theory informed with the real experiences of activists-this volume of accessible essays brings together insights from European New Social Movement theorists, U.S. scholars of social movements, and activists involved in social movements from the 1960s to the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Contributors: Alice Echols, Barbara Epstein, Richard A. Cloward, Marcy Darnovsky, Jeffrey Escoffier, Ilene Rose Feinman, Richard Flacks, Cynthia Hamilton, Allen Hunter, L. A. Kauffman, Rebecca E. Klatch, Margit Mayer, Alberto Melucci, Bronislaw Misztal, Osha Neumann, Frances Fox Piven, Craig Reinarman, Roland Roth, Arlene Stein, Mindy Spatt, Andrew Szasz, Noél Sturgeon, Howard Winant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Activists and Academics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"Political Correctness\" and Collective Powerlessness – Barbara Epstein\u003cbr\u003e 2. Community and Academic Intellectuals: The Conquest for Cultural Authority in Identity Politics – Jeffrey Escoffier\u003cbr\u003e 3. Theorizing Movements: Direct Action and Direct Theory – Noël Sturgeon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Cultural Politics after the Counterculture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Motherfuckers Then and Now: My Sixties Problem – Osha Neumann\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Counterculture, the New Left, and the New Right – Rebecca E. Klatch\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Twelve-Step Movement and Advanced Capitalist Culture: The Politics of Self-Control in Postmodernity – Craig Reinarman\u003cbr\u003e 7. \"We Gotta Get Out of This Place\": Notes toward a Remapping of the Sixties – Alice Echols\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Identity Politics and Activist Projects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sisters and Queers: The Decentering of Lesbian Feminism – Arlene Stein\u003cbr\u003e 9. Small Change: Radical Politics since the 1960s – L.A. Kauffman\u003cbr\u003e 10. Gay and Lesbian Experiences and Sensibilities in the Antiwar Movement – Mindy Spatt\u003cbr\u003e 11. Reweaving the New World Order: An Ecofeminist Analysis – Ilene Rose Feinman\u003cbr\u003e 12. Race: Theory, Culture, and Politics in the United States Today – Howard Winant\u003cbr\u003e 13. Industrial Racism, the Environmental Crisis, and the Denial of Social Justice – Cynthia Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Iconography of Hazardous Waste – Andrew Szasz\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Media Environment after Desert Storm – Marcy Darnovsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Searching for Strategy: Dilemmas of Activism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. Movements and Dissensus Politics – Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward\u003cbr\u003e 17. Think Globally, Act Politically: Some Notes toward New Movement Strategy – Richard Flacks\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Uses of Freedom: PostCommunist Transformation in Eastern Europe – Bronislaw Misztal\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Global Planet an the Internal Planet: New Frontiers for Collective Action and Individual Transformation – Alberto Melucci\u003cbr\u003e 20. New Social Movements and the Transformation to Post-Fordist Society – Margit Mayer and Roland Roth\u003cbr\u003e 21. Rethinking Revolution in Light of the New Social Movements – Allen Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e About the Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619282546968,"sku":"9781566393232","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cultural-politics-paperback-softback-9781566393232","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}