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Fair Share - Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance (Paperback)
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Fair Share - Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance (Paperback)
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A deeply researched ethnographic portrait of progressive senior
activists in Chicago who demonstrate how a tiny public wields
collective power to advocate for broad social change. If you've
ever been to a protest or been involved in a movement for social
change, you have likely experienced a local culture, one with
slogans, jargon, and shared commitments. Though one might think of
a cohort of youthful organizers when imagining protest culture,
this powerful ethnography from esteemed sociologist Gary Alan Fine
explores the world of senior citizens on the front lines of
progressive protests. While seniors are a notoriously important-and
historically conservative-political cohort, the group Fine calls
"Chicago Seniors Together" is a decidedly leftist organization,
inspired by the model of Saul Alinsky. The group advocates for
social issues, such as affordable housing and healthcare, that
affect all sectors of society but take on a particular urgency in
the lives of seniors. Seniors connect and mobilize around their
distinct experiences but do so in service of concerns that extend
beyond themselves. Not only do these seniors experience social
issues as seniors-but they use their age as a dramatic visual in
advocating for political change. In Fair Share, Fine brings readers
into the vital world of an overlooked political group, describing
how a "tiny public" mobilizes its demands for broad social change.
In investigating this process, he shows that senior citizen
activists are particularly savvy about using age to their advantage
in social movements. After all, what could be more
attention-grabbing than a group of passionate older people
determinedly shuffling through snowy streets with canes, in
wheelchairs, and holding walkers to demand healthcare equity,
risking their own health in the process?
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