Born to Belonging: Writings on Spirit and Justice - Softcover

Segrest, Mab

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813531012 ISBN 13: 9780813531014

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Veteran activist Mab Segrest takes readers along on her travels to view a world experiencing extraordinary change. As she moves from place to place, she speculates on the effects of globalization and urban development on individuals, examines the struggles for racial, economic, and sexual equality, and narrates her own history as a lesbian in the American South. From the principle that we all belong to the human community, Segrest uses her personal experience as a filter for larger political and cultural issues. Her writings bring together such groups as the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, fledging gay rights activists in Zimbabwe, and resistance fighters in El Salvador. Segrest expertly plumbs her own personal experiences for organizing principles and maxims to combat racism, homophobia, sexism, and economic exploitation.

About this title

About the Author:

Mab Segrest is the acting chair of the gender and women's studies department at Connecticut College. A writer, teacher, and organizer, she has published three books, most recently Memoir of a Race Traitor, which was named an Outstanding Book on Human Rights in North America and was Editor's Choice for the Lambda Literary Awards.

Review:

A brave, luminous, ground-breaking book -- Chandra Talpade Mohanty, professor of women's studies, Hamilton College

A compelling travelogue-personal, political, philosophical, and spiritual-from an astute analyst and fine essayist -- Ruth Frankenberg, American studies, University of California-Davis

With penetrating insight, honesty, and humor, Mab Segrest has created an indispensable political and ethical guidebook for the twenty-first century -- Barbara Smith, author of The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0813531012
• ISBN 13: 9780813531014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280