Letting Go (eBook)

Feminist and Social Justice Insight and Activism

Donna King, Catherine G. Valentine (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
256 Seiten
Vanderbilt University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8265-2067-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A call to reject neoliberalism and its destructive personal and social forms

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At a time when women are being exhorted to "e;lean in"e; and work harder to get ahead, Letting Go: Feminist and Social Justice Insight and Activism encourages both women and men to "e;let go"e; instead. The book explores alternatives to the belief that individual achievement, accumulation, and attention-seeking are the road to happiness and satisfaction in life. Letting go demands a radical recognition that the values, relationships, and structures of our neoliberal (competitive, striving, accumulating, consuming, exploiting, oppressive) society are harmful both on a personal level and, especially important, on a social and environmental level.There is a huge difference between letting go and "e;chilling out."e; In a lean-in society, self-care is promoted as something women and men should do to learn how to "e;relax"e; and find a comfortable work-life balance. By contrast, a feminist letting-go and its attendant self-care have the potential to be a radical act of awakening to social and environmental injustice and a call to activism.

Inhalt

IntroductionLetting Go Feminism: Reconnecting Self-Care and Social JusticeCatherine (Kay) G. ValentineTheoretical PerspectivesToward a Feminist Theory of Letting GoDonna KingOn the Interdependence of Personal and Social TransformationDavid R. LoyLeaning In and Letting Go: Feminist Tools for Valuing NonworkJennifer RandlesLetting Go of Normal when "Normal" is Pathological, or Why Feminism Is a Gift to MenRobert JensenPersonal EssaysWhen "Straight-Acting" Lost Its Luster: Letting Go of Masculine PrivilegeAnthony C. OcampoThe Gold PenDeborah J. CohanWhether Willing or Unwilling: The Personal, the Professional, and Two Years of Too MuchMeghan M. SweeneyLetting Go: How Does a Feminist Retire?Diane E. LevyWhen Enough is Enough: African American Women Reclaiming ThemselvesShirley A. JacksonEthnographiesWhat to Let Go: Insights from Online Cervical Cancer NarrativesTracy B. CiteroniStay-at-Home Fathers: Are Domestic Men Bucking Hegemonic Masculinity?Steven FaroughFrom Retail Banking to Credit Counseling: Opting Out and Tuning InKevin J. DelaneyKeeping Up Appearances: Working Class Feminists Speak Out about the Success Model in AcademiaRoxanne Gerbrandt and Liza KurtzLetting Go and Having Fun: Redefining Aging in AmericaDeana A. Rohlinger and Haley GentileEcological PerspectivesLetting Go and Getting Real: Applying Buddhist Principles to Address Environmental CrisisJanine SchipperConsuming Violence: Oil and Food in Everyday LifePatricia WidenerGrowing Food, Growing Justice: Letting Go by Holding On to the Feminine PrincipleLeontina Hormel and Ryanne PilgeramVisionary FeminismDig Deep: Beyond Lean Inbell hooks

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Community Organizing • Gender Studies • Sociology
• ISBN-10: 0-8265-2067-7 / 0826520677
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-2067-8 / 9780826520678