| The Dignity of Resistance Contributor(s): Feldman, Roberta M. (Author), Stall, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521593204 ISBN-13: 9780521593205 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $81.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2004 Annotation: This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition. Through the inspirational voices of the activists, Roberta Feldman and Susan Stall challenge portrayals of public housing residents as passive and alienated victims of despair. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 363.585 |
| LCCN: 2003041960 |
| Series: Cambridge Series in Environment and Behavior |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.6" W x 8.76" (1.49 lbs) 410 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feldman, Roberta M.: - Roberta M. Feldman is Professor of Architecture at the School of Architecture and the Co-Director of the City Design Center at the College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago.Stall, Susan: - Susan Stall is Chair of the Sociology Department and Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Northeastern Illinois University. |