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Contesting Publics: Feminism, Activism, Ethnography
Lynne Phillips
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Description for Contesting Publics: Feminism, Activism, Ethnography
Paperback. Analyses the challenges feminists face as they seek to engage with new spaces of participatory democracy in Latin America. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Through ethnographic case studies and activists' narratives, Contesting Publics analyses the challenges feminists face as they seek to engage with new spaces of participatory democracy in Latin America.
Lynne Phillips and Sally Cole analyse how new silences, exclusions and re-inscriptions of inequalities have emerged alongside these new spaces of participation. They re-examine the relationship between public and private and address a larger theoretical question: what is the meaning of 'the public' within democracy projects?
Contesting Publics considers current debates among feminists from different generations on the merits of a variety of strategies, goals and ... Read more
Through ethnographic case studies and activists' narratives, Contesting Publics analyses the challenges feminists face as they seek to engage with new spaces of participatory democracy in Latin America.
Lynne Phillips and Sally Cole analyse how new silences, exclusions and re-inscriptions of inequalities have emerged alongside these new spaces of participation. They re-examine the relationship between public and private and address a larger theoretical question: what is the meaning of 'the public' within democracy projects?
Contesting Publics considers current debates among feminists from different generations on the merits of a variety of strategies, goals and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745334592
SKU
V9780745334592
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About Lynne Phillips
Lynne Phillips is Dean of Arts and Professor of Anthropology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is co-author of Contesting Publics: Feminism, Activism, Ethnography (Pluto, 2014) and The Third Wave of Modernization in Latin America: Cultural Perspectives on Neoliberalism (1998). Sally Cole is Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University, Montreal. She is co-author of Contesting ... Read more
Reviews for Contesting Publics: Feminism, Activism, Ethnography
'This is a thought-provoking volume that promises to appeal to students and scholars, and also to a broader public of activists and intellectuals'
Florence E. Babb, Vada Allen Yeomans Professor of Women's Studies, Affiliate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies, University of Florida 'Breathes new life into the public/private debate, showing how it remains crucial to thinking about ... Read more
Florence E. Babb, Vada Allen Yeomans Professor of Women's Studies, Affiliate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies, University of Florida 'Breathes new life into the public/private debate, showing how it remains crucial to thinking about ... Read more