Speaking truths : young adults, identity, and spoken word activism /

"The twenty-first century is already riddled with protests demanding social justice, and in every instance, young people are leading the charge. But in addition to protesters who take to the streets with handmade placards are young adults who engage in less obvious change-making tactics. In Spe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chepp, Valerie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Social justice.
Youth > Political activity.
Social change.
Social Justice
Justice sociale.
Jeunesse > Activité politique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Social change
Social justice
Youth > Political activity
protests, activism, activist, social justice, poetry, social justice activism, contemporary social justice activism, artistic kinship, political, political views, politics, activist approach, Washington, D.C., protesters, twenty-first century, Valerie Chepp, social change.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Spoken Word Activism: Young Adults and Social Justice in the Age of Neoliberalism
  • 2. Spinning Stories from Words Got Spit: Researching a Verbal Arts Community
  • 3. Speaking Truths: Experiential Knowledge, Embodied Testimony, and Activist Story
  • 4. Creative Politics: Art, Justice, and Empathic Possibilities
  • 5. Healing Justice: The Politics of Healthy Selves and Communities
  • 6. #Activism and Beyond: Sustainability and Social Change in a Digital World
  • 7. Intersectionality as Activist Strategy: Toward a New Identity Politics
  • Appendix A: Doing Ethnographic Research in the Era of Social Media
  • Appendix B: Core Sample by Venue Participation
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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