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Libraries amid protest : books, organizing, and global activism /

"In September 2011, Occupy Wall Street activists took over New York's Zuccotti Park. Within a matter of weeks, the encampment had become a tiny model of a robust city, with its own kitchens, first aid stations, childcare services--and a library of several thousand physical books. Since tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frances, Sherrin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Definition of a Protest Library
  • Chapter 1. Origins: BiblioSol, Madrid
  • Chapter 2. Materiality And Virtuality: BiblioSol, Madrid
  • Chapter 3. Behavior in Space: Occupy Wall Street People's Library, New York
  • Chapter 4. Visual Spectacle: Occupy Wall Street People's Library, New York
  • Chapter 5. Library As A Democratic Institution: NYPL Main Branch, New York
  • Part Two. Libraries and Undercurrents
  • Chapter 6. Carnegie's Influence: Biblioteca Popular Victor Martinez, Oakland
  • Chapter 7. Library As Social Space: Biblioteca Popular Victor Martinez, Oakland
  • Chapter 8. Borders And Barricades: Gezi Park Library, Istanbul
  • Chapter 9. Engaging in Nation-Building: Maidan Library, Kiev
  • Chapter 10. A Library Without Books: Library of Ukrainian Literature, Moscow
  • Part Three. Reinvention
  • Chapter 11. The New Shape of Space: BiblioDebout, Paris
  • Chapter 12. Phases of the Protest Library: BiblioDebout, Paris and Lyon
  • Chapter 13. Reinvention as Collective: Freedom Square Library, Chicago
  • Chapter 14. Circling Back: Bibliosol Reinvented as Tres Peces Tres, Madrid
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Back Cover