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The dignity of resistance [electronic resource] : women residents' activism in Chicago public housing / Roberta M. Feldman, Susan Stall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge series in environment and behaviorPublication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 388 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781107321267 (electronic bk.)
  • 1107321263 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dignity of resistance.DDC classification:
  • 363.5/85/0977311 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1421 .F45 2004eb
Other classification:
  • MS 1810
Online resources:
Contents:
Struggles for homeplace -- U.S. Public Housing Policies : Wentworth Gardens' historic backdrop -- Memory of a better past, reality of the present : the impetus for resident activism -- The community household : the foundation of everyday resistance -- The Local Advisory Council (LAC) : a site of women-centered organizing -- Women-centered leadership : a case study -- The appropriation of homeplace : organizing for the spatial resources to sustain everyday life -- The WhiteSox "Battle" : protest and betrayal -- Linking legal action and economic development : tensions and strains -- Becoming resident managers : a bureaucratic quagmire -- Resistance in context.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-376) and index.

Struggles for homeplace -- U.S. Public Housing Policies : Wentworth Gardens' historic backdrop -- Memory of a better past, reality of the present : the impetus for resident activism -- The community household : the foundation of everyday resistance -- The Local Advisory Council (LAC) : a site of women-centered organizing -- Women-centered leadership : a case study -- The appropriation of homeplace : organizing for the spatial resources to sustain everyday life -- The WhiteSox "Battle" : protest and betrayal -- Linking legal action and economic development : tensions and strains -- Becoming resident managers : a bureaucratic quagmire -- Resistance in context.

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.

Description based on print version record.

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