women residents' activism in Chicago public housing /
First Statement of Responsibility
Roberta M. Feldman, Susan Stall.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xx, 388 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge series in environment and behavior
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-376) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Dignity of resistance.
International Standard Book Number
0521593204
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American women-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
Community leadership-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
Public housing-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
Women in community organization-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
Femmes dans l'organisation communautaire-- Illinois-- Chicago, Cas, Études de.
Leadership communautaire-- Illinois-- Chicago, Cas, Études de.
Logement social-- Illinois-- Chicago, Cas, Études de.
Noires américaines-- Illinois-- Chicago, Cas, Études de.