In 1986; a group of young Brazilian women started a movement to secure economic rights for rural women and transform women's roles in their homes and communities. Together with activists across the country; they built a new democracy in the wake of a military dictatorship. In Sustaining Activism; Jeffrey W. Rubin and Emma Sokoloff-Rubin tell the behind-the-scenes story of this remarkable movement. As a father-daughter team; they describe the challenges of ethnographic research and the way their collaboration gave them a unique window into a fiery struggle for equality.Starting in 2002; Rubin and Sokoloff-Rubin traveled together to southern Brazil; where they interviewed activists over the course of ten years. Their vivid descriptions of women’s lives reveal the hard work of sustaining a social movement in the years after initial victories; when the political way forward was no longer clear and the goal of remaking gender roles proved more difficult than activists had ever imagined. Highlighting the tensions within the movement about how best to effect change; Sustaining Activism ultimately shows that democracies need social movements in order to improve people’s lives and create a more just society.
#1093624 in Books 1997-08-22 1997-08-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .44 x 6.00l; .64 #File Name: 0822320398176 pages
Review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. it was beautifully written; I loved itBy CustomerI honest book about motherhood; it was beautifully written; I loved it.1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Mother's KnotBy KhrishA book that I had lost and wanted to own again. Very good reading as all of this author's books7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Parenting- the hidden thoughts of a motherBy GAMother Knot; an autobiography by Jane Lazzarre shows a different but very real reaction and perspective of a mother who is raising a child. Uncontrollable crying; bathing; feeding; and just being with your child is a handful; but some mothers are afraid to tell people the struggles; anger; frustration; and pain they go through when raising their child because they fear that people will see them as an inadequate or even bad mother. Thus there are not many stories by parents on how much they struggled when raising their children. In this book; the pain; confusion; and struggle Lazzarre goes through as a mother is very vivid and moving. She describes her frustrations with her child; her husband; and herself and through out the book we see how she learns to deal. Mother Knot is definitely and eye opener on how much mothers and fathers struggle and give up so much for their children.
