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Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty

Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty - Perspectives on Gender

Hardback (17 Sep 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Book information

ISBN: 9780415910248
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.420973
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 285
Weight: 499g
Height: 6mm
Width: 9mm
Spine width: 26mm