Activism is alive and well in the United States, according to
Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small
scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in
backyards, art classes, and urban areas branded as "ghettos," these
anthropologists explore the many routes people take to work toward
social change.Ten absorbing studies present activist groups across
the country -- from transgender activists in New York City, to
South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley, to evangelical Christians
and Palestinian Americans. Each one examines a social change effort
as it unfolds on the ground. Through their anthropological approach
these portraits of American society suggest the inherent
possibilities in identity-based organizing and offer crucial
in-depth perspectives on such hotly debated topics as
multiculturalism and the culture wars, the environment, racism,
public education, Native American rights, and the Christian right.
Moving far beyond the walls of academia, the contributors address
the complex issues that arise when researchers have stakes in the
subjects they study. Scholars can play multiple roles in the
activist struggles they recount, and these essays illustrate how
ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism.
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