A Tradition That Has No Name - Nurturing the Development of People, Families, and Communities (Paperback)

Mary Field Belenky, Lynne A. Bond, and Jacqueline S. Weinstock, hoping to carry Belenky's theoretical work in the bestselling "Women's Ways of Knowing" into the realm of everyday life, created the Listening Partners project, designed to help young women isolated in rural poverty give voice to their personal and communal needs and come together to create social change," A Tradition That Has No Name" explores this project and the work of other women who have created organizations to give voice to and strengthen traditions of community organizing and leadership, particularly as they have developed in communities of women marginalized by race and class. Ranging across cultures and classes--from struggling inner-city neighborhoods to affluent middle-class suburbs, from African American communities in the South to poor rural communities in Vermont--the book teaches us how to appreciate the ways women create networks of listening and community-building, and how to bring these little-recognized traditions of women's activism to the forefront of public life. It is these "public homeplaces" women create together, the authors argue, that hold the key for empowering communities and creating social change.

General

Imprint:	BasicBooks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1999
First published:	May 1999
Authors:	Jacqueline S. Weinstock • Lynne A. Bond • Mary Field Belenky
Dimensions:	203 x 137 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-465-08681-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-465-08681-0
Barcode:	9780465086818

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