| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in contentious politics |
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Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
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| Contents |
"Not free to be completely human" -- "I'm ruined for life!" Witnessing empire -- Ritual protest as testimony -- The visceral logics of embodied resistance -- Ascetic practice and prefigurative community -- The complications of solidarity witness -- "Knowing things impossible to un-known." |
| Summary |
Cross-border solidarity has captured the interest and imagination of scholars, activists and a range of political actors, in such contested areas as the US-Mexico border and Guantanamo Bay. Chandra Russo examines how justice-seeking solidarity drives activist communities contesting US torture, militarism and immigration policies. Through compelling and fresh ethnographic accounts, Russo follows these activists as they engage in unusual and high risk forms of activism (fasting, pilgrimage, civil disobedience). She explores their ideas of solidarity and witnessing, which are central to how the activists explain their activities. This book adds to our understanding of solidarity activism under new global arrangements and illuminates the features of movement activity that deepen activists' commitment by helping their lives feel more humane, just and meaningful. Based on participant observation, interviews, surveys and hundreds of courtroom statements, Russo develops a new theorization of solidarity that will take a central place in social movement studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Protest movements -- United States.
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Solidarity -- Political aspects -- United States
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Solidarity -- United States -- Religious aspects
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National security -- United States.
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National security
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Protest movements
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Solidarity -- Political aspects
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Solidarity -- Religious aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108596237 |
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1108596231 |
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