Ouverture : embodied activisms / Victoria A. Newsom & Lara Martin Lengel -- Centuries of in/visibility : origins of embodied activism as theory and practice / Victoria A. Newsom, Lara Martin Lengel, and Desiree A. Montenegro -- Police accountability activism as feminist ethics : theorizing non-violent embodied witnessing / Mary Angela Bock -- Visual disruptions as embodied activism : leisure spectacle demonstration / Casey R. Schmitt -- The [de]meaning of incorruptible flesh : marginalized bodies and the performance of desire / Billy Huff & Margaret Cavin Hambrick -- Lay down your 'body burdens' and write : (re)forming environmental science through narratives of toxicity and healing / Arlene Plevin -- Palestinian dedications, commitments, and persistence : decolonial memorywork during the seventieth anniversary of the Nabka / Sarah Cathryn Majed Dweik -- Embodied witnessing and the struggle for memory in Budapest's Szabadsagszinpad protests / Natalie Bennie -- An actor-network approach : the role of art in public spaces in the Gezi protests / Nora Suren -- A handmaid's tale of protest : analyzing intersectionality through silence-body-image / Jordin Clark -- Embodied (L)activism : mothering and/as embodied nourishing / Molly Wiant Cummins -- Subversive silence : productive discomfort as embodied activism / Sakina Jangbar -- Emerging activisms : responding to current and future crises / Desiree A. Montenegro, Victoria A. Newsom, and Lara Martin Lengel.
Summary:
"Embodied Activisms explores activists' use of their bodies to resist hegemonic power and promote justice. This book spans historical perspectives, current contexts including police accountability activism and Black Lives Matter, and the most recent scholarship to interrogate activist engagement from the Americas to the Mediterranean"-- Provided by publisher. Embodied Activisms explores how activists use their bodies to resist social norms, engage with institutions, and promote change. This book spans historical perspectives, current contexts, and the most current scholarly literature to interrogate how embodied activisms are read, performed, understood, and actualized. The studies in this volume address current, critical issues such as police accountability activism, the climate crisis, environmental concerns, and protests of Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Chapters analyze a wide range of nonviolent mobilization tactics, including silent protests, embodied witnessing, leisure spectacle demonstrations, performance art and other forms of creative practice, and rallies. Analyses engage with aspects of intersectionality in activism and critique diverse modes of embodied resistance in locations including East Central Europe, the Americas, and the Mediterranean region.--Publisher website.
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