This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Attempts by people to enact their political beliefs in their daily lives have become commonplace in contemporary US culture, in spheres ranging from shopping habits to romantic attachments. This groundbreaking book examines how collective social movements have cultivated individual practices of lifestyle politics as part of their strategies of resistance, and the tensions they must navigate in doing so. Drawing on feminism and other movements that claim that the personal is political, the book explores how radical anarchist activists position their own lifestyles within projects of resistance. Various lifestyle practices, from consumption to personal style to sexual relationships, are studied to address how identity and cultural practices can be used as tools of political dissent. An accessible and provocative text, Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism blends theory with empirical materials to highlight issues that are important not only to anarchists, but also to anyone struggling for social change. This unique analysis will contribute to the development of anarchist theory and practice and will appeal to anyone interested in political activism and social movements.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781441184269
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189373850
Product Key Features
Author
Dr. Laura Portwood-Stacer
Publication Name
Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government, Politics
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight
290g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Dr. Laura Portwood-Stacer
Series Title
Contemporary Anarchist Studies
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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