Mobilizing New York : AIDS, antipoverty, and feminist activism /

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Examining three interconnected case studies, Tamar Carroll powerfully demonstrates the ability of grassroots community activism to bridge racial and cultural differences and effect social change. Drawing on a rich array of oral histories, archival records, newspapers, films, and photographs, Carroll...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carroll, Tamar W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Gender & American culture.
Subjects:
ACT UP New York (Organization) > History > 20th century.
ACT UP New York (Organization)
1900-1999
Economic assistance, Domestic > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Feminism > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
AIDS activists > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Aide au développement économique régional > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Féminisme > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
AIDS activists
Economic assistance, Domestic
Feminism
New York (State) > New York
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: making history
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • A cauldron within which new ideas can be tested out : MFY and the early war on poverty
  • A grand cooker of a scene : MFY's outgrowths
  • Everything then made sense : bridging the neighborhood and women's movements
  • It was talking about my life : developing working-class feminism
  • Turn anger, fear, grief into action : act up new york
  • It saved my life : creating queer politics
  • Epilogue: act up will be here again
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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