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Lifestyle politics and radical activism /

"Attempts by people to enact their political beliefs in their daily lives have become commonplace in contemporary US culture, in spheres ranging from shopping habits to romantic attachments. This groundbreaking book examines how collective social movements have cultivated individual practices o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Portwood-Stacer, Laura (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Colección:Contemporary anarchist studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Definitions: Lifestyle, lifestyle politics, lifestyle activism, and lifestylism; The culture of contemporary US anarchism; Chapter 2 The anti-consumption lifestyle: The cultural work of activist practices; Practices of anti-consumption; Typology of anti-consumption motivations; Applying the typology; Chapter 3 "I'm not joining your world": Performing political dissent through spectacular self-presentation; The "generic anarchist suit"; Style as self-construction through self-representation.
  • Style as distinction and boundaryStyle as tactical critique and propaganda; Chapter 4 "You gotta check yourself": Lifestyle as a site of identification and discipline; Defining and performing anarchist identity; Disclaiming anarchist identity; Social identities, discipline, and accountability; Policing the boundaries of anarchist identity; Lifestyle and the re-centering of privileged subjects; Ironic sincerity; Chapter 5 Strategic sexuality: Polyamory, queer self-identification, and consent-seeking as activist interventions; Polyamory; Queer self-identification; Subcultural norms of sexuality.
  • Consent-seekingIdentification as contestation; A diversity of sexual tactics?; Chapter 6 Bridging the chasm: The contradictions of radical lifestyle politics in neoliberal context; The discourse around lifestyle anarchism; Individualism and collectivism; Decentralized power and resistance; Mechanisms of prefiguration; Subcultures and movements; Conclusion: Learning from lifestyle anarchists; Notes; References; Index.