| A Tradition That Has No Name: Nurturing the Development of People, Families, and Communities Contributor(s): Belenky, Mary Field (Author), Bond, Lynne a. (Author), Weinstock, Jacqueline S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465086810 ISBN-13: 9780465086818 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $24.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1999 Annotation: Basing their work upon Mary Field Belenky's bestselling book Women's Ways of Knowing, the authors founded the Listening Partners project, designed to help young women isolated in rural poverty give voice to their personal and communal needs. A Tradition That Has No Name explores that project and the work of other women who have created organizations that strengthen traditions of community and are dedicated to social change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Business & Economics | Nonprofit Organizations & Charities - General |
| Dewey: 155.633 |
| Lexile Measure: 1290 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.54" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mary Field Belenky, Lynne A. Bond, and Jacqueline S. Weinstock, hoping to carry Belenky's theoretical work in the bestselling Women's Ways of Knowing into the realm of everyday life, created the Listening Partners project, designed to help young women isolated in rural poverty give voice to their personal and communal needs and come together to create social change. A Tradition That Has No Name explores this project and the work of other women who have created organizations to give voice to and strengthen traditions of community organizing and leadership, particularly as they have developed in communities of women marginalized by race and class. Ranging across cultures and classes--from struggling inner-city neighborhoods to affluent middle-class suburbs, from African American communities in the South to poor rural communities in Vermont--the book teaches us how to appreciate the ways women create networks of listening and community-building, and how to bring these little-recognized traditions of women's activism to the forefront of public life. It is these "public homeplaces" women create together, the authors argue, that hold the key for empowering communities and creating social change. |