Lifestyle politics and radical activism /
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| Author / Creator: | Portwood-Stacer, Laura. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary anarchist studies Contemporary anarchist studies. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12327051 |
| Summary: | Attempts by people to enact their political beliefs in their daily lives have become commonplace in contemporary US culture, in spheres ranging from shopping habits to romantic attachments. This groundbreaking book examines how collective social movements have cultivated individual practices of "lifestyle politics" as part of their strategies of resistance, and the tensions they must navigate in doing so. Drawing on feminism and other movements that claim that "the personal is political," the book explores how radical anarchist activists position their own lifestyles within projects of resistance. Various lifestyle practices, from consumption to personal style to sexual relationships, are studied to address how identity and cultural practices can be used as tools of political dissent.An accessible and provocative text, Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism blends theory with empirical materials to highlight issues that are important not only to anarchists, but also to anyone struggling for social change. This unique analysis will contribute to the development of anarchist theory and practice and will appeal to anyone interested in political activism and social movements. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441157430 1441157433 9781441188663 1441188665 9781441184269 1441184260 9781501306792 1501306790 9781441105127 1441105123 |