1. Introduction: women prophets and the struggle for human rights -- 2. Suburban blight and situation comedy -- 3. "When it rains, I get mad and scared": women and environmental racism -- 4. Homemaker citizens and new democratic organizations -- 5. Generation X, southern style -- 6. "We sleep on our own graves": women at crossroads -- 7. Surplus people and grassroots women's leadership in the New South Africa -- 8. Conclusion: social movements and democratic practices
