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  title info:
    title: Lifestyle politics and radical activism
  name:
    name part: Portwood-Stacer, Laura
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xi, 198 pages)
  abstract: "Attempts by people to enact their political beliefs in their daily lives have become commonplace in contemporary US culture, in spheres ranging from shopping habits to romantic attachments. This groundbreaking book examines how collective social movements have cultivated individual practices of "lifestyle politics" as part of their strategies of resistance, and the tensions they must navigate in doing so. Drawing on feminism and other movements that claim that "the personal is political," the book explores how radical anarchist activists position their own lifestyles within projects of resistance. Various lifestyle practices, from consumption to personal style to sexual relationships, are studied to address how identity and cultural practices can be used as tools of political dissent.An accessible and provocative text, Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism blends theory with empirical materials to highlight issues that are important not only to anarchists, but also to anyone struggling for social change. This unique analysis will contribute to the development of anarchist theory and practice and will appeal to anyone interested in political activism and social movements"--
  abstract: "The cultural and political contexts in the U.S. today allow for individual tactics of resistance to co-exist with collective identities and shared desires for social change. This groundbreaking book examines this tension between the individual and the collective by looking at "lifestyle politics," or the attempt by individuals to enact their political ideologies in their daily life. Drawing on feminism and other radical movements that claim that "the personal is political," the book explores how anarchist activists position their own lifestyle within strategies of radical political resistance. A variety of lifestyle practices, from personal consumption to self representation and sexuality is studied to address questions of identity and cultural practices as tools of political dissent. An accessible and provocative text, Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism blends theory with empirical materials to highlight issues that are important not only to anarchists, but also to anyone engaged in social activism. This unique analysis of activism will contribute to the development of anarchist theory and practice and will appeal to anyone interested in political activism and social movements"--
  table of contents: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Definitions: Lifestyle, lifestyle politics, lifestyle activism, and lifestylism; The culture of contemporary US anarchism; Chapter 2 The anti-consumption lifestyle: The cultural work of activist practices; Practices of anti-consumption; Typology of anti-consumption motivations; Applying the typology; Chapter 3 "I'm not joining your world": Performing political dissent through spectacular self-presentation; The "generic anarchist suit"; Style as self-construction through self-representation.
  table of contents: Style as distinction and boundaryStyle as tactical critique and propaganda; Chapter 4 "You gotta check yourself": Lifestyle as a site of identification and discipline; Defining and performing anarchist identity; Disclaiming anarchist identity; Social identities, discipline, and accountability; Policing the boundaries of anarchist identity; Lifestyle and the re-centering of privileged subjects; Ironic sincerity; Chapter 5 Strategic sexuality: Polyamory, queer self-identification, and consent-seeking as activist interventions; Polyamory; Queer self-identification; Subcultural norms of sexuality.
  table of contents: Consent-seekingIdentification as contestation; A diversity of sexual tactics?; Chapter 6 Bridging the chasm: The contradictions of radical lifestyle politics in neoliberal context; The discourse around lifestyle anarchism; Individualism and collectivism; Decentralized power and resistance; Mechanisms of prefiguration; Subcultures and movements; Conclusion: Learning from lifestyle anarchists; Notes; References; Index.
  note: Laura Portwood-Stacer.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  note: English.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Anarchism
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Lifestyles
    topic: Political aspects
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Political sociology
  subject:
    topic: Radicalism
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Radicalisme
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Anarchisme
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Style de vie
    topic: Aspect politique
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Sociologie politique
  subject:
    topic: Anarchism
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Anarchism
  subject:
    topic: Political sociology
  subject:
    topic: Anarchism
  subject:
    topic: Radicalism
  subject:
    geographic: United States
  classification: HN49.R33
  classification: 303.48/4
  classification: POL042010
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    record creation date: 130604
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    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng