Rebel Girls

Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas

Author: Jessica K. Taft
ISBN: 9780814783245

From anti-war walkouts to anarchist youth newspapers, rallies against educational privatization, and workshops on fair trade, teenage girls are active participants and leaders in a variety of social movements. Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas illuminates the experiences and perspectives of these uniquely positioned agents of social change. Jessica K. Taft introduces readers to a diverse and vibrant transnational community of teenage girl activists in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mexico City, Caracas, Buenos Aires, and Vancouver. Expansive in scope and full of rich details, Taft brings to life the voices of these inspiring activists who are engaged in innovative and effective organizing for global and local social justice, highlighting their important contributions to contemporary social movements and social theory.Rebel Girls explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and redefining girlhood and claiming political authority for y

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 2011

Subjects: Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Activism)