TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carroll,Tamar W.
TI  - Mobilizing New York: AIDS, antipoverty, and feminist activism 
T2  - Gender and American culture
SN  - 9781469619903
AV  - HC108.N7 C29 2015eb
U1  - 322.4/3097471 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
KW  - ACT UP New York (Organization)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic assistance, Domestic
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Feminism
KW  - AIDS activists
KW  - Aide au développement économique régional
KW  - New York (État)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Féminisme
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Process
KW  - Political Advocacy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Women's Studies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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