The Dignity of Resistance: Women Residents' Activism in Chicago Public Housing (Environment and Behavior) - Softcover

Feldman, Roberta M.; Stall, Susan

 
9780521596862: The Dignity of Resistance: Women Residents' Activism in Chicago Public Housing (Environment and Behavior)
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ISBN 10: 0521596866 ISBN 13: 9780521596862
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition. Through the inspirational voices of the activists, Roberta Feldman and Susan Stall challenge portrayals of public housing residents as passive and alienated victims of despair.

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About the Authors

Roberta M. Feldman is Professor of Architecture at the School of Architecture and the Co-Director of the City Design Center at the College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Susan Stall is Chair of the Sociology Department and Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Northeastern Illinois University.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521596866
ISBN 13 
9780521596862
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
410

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