Mobilizing New York : AIDS, antipoverty, and feminist activism /
Carroll, Tamar W.,
Mobilizing New York : AIDS, antipoverty, and feminist activism / Tamar W. Carroll. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps - Gender and American culture . - Gender & American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index.
Preface: making history -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- A cauldron within which new ideas can be tested out : MFY and the early war on poverty -- A grand cooker of a scene : MFY's outgrowths -- Everything then made sense : bridging the neighborhood and women's movements -- It was talking about my life : developing working-class feminism -- Turn anger, fear, grief into action : act up new york -- It saved my life : creating queer politics -- Epilogue: act up will be here again -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Examining three interconnected case studies, Tamar Carroll powerfully demonstrates the ability of grassroots community activism to bridge racial and cultural differences and effect social change. Drawing on a rich array of oral histories, archival records, newspapers, films, and photographs, Carroll shows how poor people transformed the antipoverty organisation Mobilization for Youth and shaped the subsequent War on Poverty.
English.
9781469619903 (electronic bk.) 1469619903 (electronic bk.) 9781469619897 (ebook) 146961989X (ebook)
22573/ctt14rbbs3 JSTOR
2014034905
ACT UP New York (Organization)--History--20th century.
ACT UP New York (Organization)
1900-1999
Economic assistance, Domestic--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Feminism--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
AIDS activists--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Aide au développement économique régional--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
Féminisme--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Women's Studies.
AIDS activists.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Feminism.
New York (State)--New York.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HC108.N7 / C29 2015eb
322.4/3097471
Mobilizing New York : AIDS, antipoverty, and feminist activism / Tamar W. Carroll. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps - Gender and American culture . - Gender & American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index.
Preface: making history -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- A cauldron within which new ideas can be tested out : MFY and the early war on poverty -- A grand cooker of a scene : MFY's outgrowths -- Everything then made sense : bridging the neighborhood and women's movements -- It was talking about my life : developing working-class feminism -- Turn anger, fear, grief into action : act up new york -- It saved my life : creating queer politics -- Epilogue: act up will be here again -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Examining three interconnected case studies, Tamar Carroll powerfully demonstrates the ability of grassroots community activism to bridge racial and cultural differences and effect social change. Drawing on a rich array of oral histories, archival records, newspapers, films, and photographs, Carroll shows how poor people transformed the antipoverty organisation Mobilization for Youth and shaped the subsequent War on Poverty.
English.
9781469619903 (electronic bk.) 1469619903 (electronic bk.) 9781469619897 (ebook) 146961989X (ebook)
22573/ctt14rbbs3 JSTOR
2014034905
ACT UP New York (Organization)--History--20th century.
ACT UP New York (Organization)
1900-1999
Economic assistance, Domestic--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Feminism--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
AIDS activists--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Aide au développement économique régional--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
Féminisme--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Women's Studies.
AIDS activists.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Feminism.
New York (State)--New York.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HC108.N7 / C29 2015eb
322.4/3097471