Rebel Girls

Informationen zum Autor Jessica K. Taft is Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Klappentext Explores how teenage girls across the world Mexico City, Vancouver, Buenos Aires, San Franciscöreject the patriarchy and redefine their girlhood to claim their political authority and become activists From anti-war walkouts to anarchist youth newspapers, rallies against educational privatization, and workshops on fair trade, teenage girls are active participants and leaders in a variety of social movements. Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas illuminates the experiences and perspectives of these uniquely positioned agents of social change. Jessica K. Taft introduces readers to a diverse and vibrant transnational community of teenage girl activists in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mexico City, Caracas, Buenos Aires, and Vancouver. Expansive in scope and full of rich details, Taft brings to life the voices of these inspiring activists who are engaged in innovative and effective organizing for global and local social justice, highlighting their important contributions to contemporary social movements and social theory. Rebel Girls explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and redefining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in the process. Taft examines the girl activists social movement strategies and collective political practices, detailing their shared commitments to process-based political education, participatory democracy, and hopeful enthusiasm. Ultimately, Rebel Girls has substantial implications for social movements and youth organizations, arguing that adult social movements could learn a great deal from girl activists and making clear the importance of increased collaboration between young people and adults. Zusammenfassung Explores how teenage girls construct activist identities! rejecting and re-defining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in the process ...

Autorentext

Jessica K. Taft is Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Klappentext

Explores how teenage girls across the world-Mexico City, Vancouver, Buenos Aires, San Francisco-reject the patriarchy and redefine their girlhood to claim their political authority and become activists
From anti-war walkouts to anarchist youth newspapers, rallies against educational privatization, and workshops on fair trade, teenage girls are active participants and leaders in a variety of social movements. Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas illuminates the experiences and perspectives of these uniquely positioned agents of social change. Jessica K. Taft introduces readers to a diverse and vibrant transnational community of teenage girl activists in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mexico City, Caracas, Buenos Aires, and Vancouver. Expansive in scope and full of rich details, Taft brings to life the voices of these inspiring activists who are engaged in innovative and effective organizing for global and local social justice, highlighting their important contributions to contemporary social movements and social theory.
Rebel Girls explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and redefining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in the process. Taft examines the girl activists' social movement strategies and collective political practices, detailing their shared commitments to process-based political education, participatory democracy, and hopeful enthusiasm. Ultimately, Rebel Girls has substantial implications for social movements and youth organizations, arguing that adult social movements could learn a great deal from girl activists and making clear the importance of increased collaboration between young people and adults.

Zusammenfassung
Explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and re-defining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in the process

Inhalt

Contents; Acknowledgments v; 1. Introduction: Growing Up and Rising Up 1; Part I: Building the Activist Identity 28; 2. We Are Not Ophelia: Empowerment and Activist Identities 29; 3. We Are Not the Future: Claiming Youth Authority 63; 4. We Are Not Girls: Escaping and Defining Girlhood 98; Part II: Making Change Happen 136; 5. The Street Is Our Classroom: A Politics of Learning 137; 6. Join the Party: A Politics of Participation 171; 7. We've Got Spirit: A Politics of Hope 212; 8. Conclusion: Still Rising 250; Methodological Appendix 273; Notes 285; Index; About the Author