women residents' activism in Chicago public housing /
Roberta M. Feldman, Susan Stall.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
1 online resource (xx, 388 pages) :
illustrations
Cambridge series in environment and behavior
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
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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.
Dignity of resistance.
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