Title Clio's foot soldiers : twentieth-century U.S. social movements and collective memory / Lara Leigh Kelland

Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) Series Public History in Historical Perspective Public history in historical perspective. Contents In a long line of protest -- The Civil Rights Movement and a new collective memory -- Knowledge of self liberation and education through black separatist collective memory -- A history of one's own -- Feminist collective memory in the second wave Women's Movement -- Scripted to win -- Collective memory in the Gay Liberation Movement -- For the sake of cultural survival -- Red power and collective memory Summary Collective memories are key to social movements. Activists draw on a shared history to build identity, create movement cohesion, and focus political purpose. But what happens when marginalized communities do not find their history in dominant narratives? How do they create a useable past to bind their political communities together and challenge their exclusion?In Clio's Foot Soldiers, Lara Leigh Kelland investigates these questions by examining 1960s and 1970s social movements comprised of historically marginalized peoples: Civil Rights, Black Power, Women's and Gay Liberation, and American Indian. These movements sought ownership over their narratives to create historical knowledge reflective of their particular experiences. To accomplish their goals, activists generated new forms of adult education, published movement newspapers, and pursued campus activism and speeches, public history efforts and community organizations. Through alternative means, marginalized communities developed their own historical discourses to mobilize members, define movement goals, and become culturally sovereign. In so doing, they provided a basis for achieving political liberation and changed the landscape of liberal cultural institutions.-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 03, 2018) Subject Social movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Collective memory -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1900 - 1999. HISTORY -- United States -- General. Collective memory Social conditions Social movements SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018014779 ISBN 1613765827 9781613765838 1613765835 9781613765821

Other Titles Twentieth-century U.S. social movements and collective memory

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