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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101793616523

ISBN-139781793616524

eBay Product ID (ePID)4057282300

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Number of Pages328 Pages

Publication NameEmbodied Activisms : Performative Expressions of Political and Social Action

LanguageEnglish

SubjectCommunication Studies, Sociology / General, Human Rights

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

AuthorNatalie Bennie

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight24.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2021-048349

Dewey Edition23/eng/20211123

ReviewsThis pioneering publication proposes a provocative, profound reconceptualization of the body's role in activism from an instrument that 'performs activism' to a constitutive site of resistance and generative source of 'embodied activism' opposing oppression grounded in bodily differences. Using original, contemporary case studies of bodily actions (from protesting to witnessing) challenging gender, racial, and ethnic oppression, contributors explicate the tenets, explanatory power, and significance of Newsom and Lengel's Theory of Embodied Activism. Their research reveals important contributions the theory makes to the study of activism, such as the documented transformative experience of participatory, body-based action showing the need to expand the dominant focus on the effects of activism on social change., This pioneering publication proposes a provocative, profound reconceptualization of the body's role in activism from an instrument that 'performs activism' to a constitutive site of resistance and generative source of 'embodied activism' opposing oppression grounded in bodily differences. Using original, contemporary case studies of bodily actions (from protesting to witnessing) challenging gender, racial, and ethnic oppression, contributors explicate the tenets, explanatory power, and significance of Newsom and Lengel's Theory of Embodied Activism. Their research reveals important contributions the theory makes to the study of activism, such as the documented transformative experience of participatory, body-based action showing the need to expand the dominant focus on the effects of activism on social change. -- Lawrence R. Frey, University of Colorado, Boulder, "This pioneering publication proposes a provocative, profound reconceptualization of the body's role in activism from an instrument that 'performs activism' to a constitutive site of resistance and generative source of 'embodied activism' opposing oppression grounded in bodily differences. Using original, contemporary case studies of bodily actions (from protesting to witnessing) challenging gender, racial, and ethnic oppression, contributors explicate the tenets, explanatory power, and significance of Newsom and Lengel's Theory of Embodied Activism. Their research reveals important contributions the theory makes to the study of activism, such as the documented transformative experience of participatory, body-based action showing the need to expand the dominant focus on the effects of activism on social change." --Lawrence R. Frey, University of Colorado, Boulder

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal303.48/4

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Ouverture: Embodied Activisms Victoria A. Newsom & Lara Martin Lengel Section I: Theorizing Embodied Activisms Chapter 1: Centuries of In/Visibility: Origins of Embodied Activism as Theory and Practice Victoria A. Newsom, Lara Martin Lengel, and Desiree A. Montenegro Chapter 2: Police Accountability Activism as Feminist Ethics: Theorizing Non-Violent Embodied Witnessing Mary Angela Bock Chapter 3: Visual Disruptions as Embodied Activism: Leisure Spectacle Demonstration Casey R. Schmitt Chapter 4: The [De]meaning of Incorruptible Flesh: Marginalized Bodies and the Performance of Desire Billy Huff & Margaret Cavin Hambrick Chapter 5: Lay Down Your 'Body Burdens' and Write: (Re)Forming Environmental Science Through Narratives of Toxicity and Healing Arlene Plevin Section II: Witnessing, Remembering Chapter 6: Palestinian Dedications, Commitments, and Persistence: Decolonial Memory-work During the Seventieth Anniversary of the Nabka Sarah Cathryn Majed Dweik

SynopsisEmbodied Activisms explores how activists use their bodies to resist social norms, engage with institutions, and promote change. This book spans historical perspectives, current contexts, and the most current scholarly literature to interrogate how embodied activisms are read, performed, understood, and actualized. The studies in this volume address current, critical issues such as police accountability activism, the climate crisis, environmental concerns, and protests of Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Chapters analyze a wide range of nonviolent mobilization tactics, including silent protests, embodied witnessing, leisure spectacle demonstrations, performance art and other forms of creative practice, and rallies. Analyses engage with aspects of intersectionality in activism and critique diverse modes of embodied resistance in locations including East Central Europe, the Americas, and the Mediterranean region., Embodied Activisms explores activists' use of their bodies to resist hegemonic power and promote justice. This book spans historical perspectives, current contexts including police accountability activism and Black Lives Matter, and the most recent scholarship to interrogate activist engagement from the Americas to the Mediterranean.

LC Classification NumberHM881.E64 2022