Title The dignity of resistance : women residents' activism in Chicago public housing / Roberta M. Feldman, Susan Stall.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HQ1421 .F45 2004	Available	---

Description	xx, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Cambridge series in environment and behavior
	Cambridge series in environment and behavior.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-376) and index.
Contents	Struggles for homeplace -- U.S. Public Housing Policies : Wentworth Gardens' historic backdrop -- Memory of a better past, reality of the present : the impetus for resident activism -- The community household : the foundation of everyday resistance -- The Local Advisory Council (LAC) : a site of women-centered organizing -- Women-centered leadership : a case study -- The appropriation of homeplace : organizing for the spatial resources to sustain everyday life -- The WhiteSox "Battle" : protest and betrayal -- Linking legal action and economic development : tensions and strains -- Becoming resident managers : a bureaucratic quagmire -- Resistance in context.
Subject	Women in community organization -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
	Women in community organization.
	Illinois -- Chicago.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	Community leadership -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
	Community leadership.
	Public housing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
	Public housing.
	African American women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
	African American women.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Added Author	Stall, Susan.
ISBN	0521593204
	0521596866 paperback