Born to Belonging

Writings on Spirit and Justice

Mab Segrest (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2002
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-3101-4 (ISBN)

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In this text Segrest takes the reader on a journey of intellectual and emotional discovery, as she travels around the world to view the extraordinary changes taking place. Her destinations include the Fourth Conference on Women and Memphis for the 20th aniversary of Elvis's death.

Veteran activist Mab Segrest takes readers along on her travels to view a world experiencing extraordinary change. As she moves from place to place, she speculates on the effects of globalization and urban development on individuals, examines the struggles for racial, economic, and sexual equality, and narrates her own history as a lesbian in the American South. From the principle that we all belong to the human community, Segrest uses her personal experience as a filter for larger political and cultural issues. Her writings bring together such groups as the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, fledging gay rights activists in Zimbabwe, and resistance fighters in El Salvador. Segrest expertly plumbs her own personal experiences for organizing principles and maxims to combat racism, homophobia, sexism, and economic exploitation.

MAB SEGREST is the acting chair of the gender and women's studies department at Connecticut College. A writer, teacher, and organizer, she has published three books, most recently Memoir of a Race Traitor, which was named an Outstanding Book on Human Rights in North America and was Editors Choice for the Lambda Literary Awards.

Preface
Prologue
1. Diving Into the Wreck
2. Beijing: Mao, the Tao, and the Fourth World Conference
3. Atlanta: The 1996 Olympics, Co'Cola, and the Wealth of Nations
4. Memphis: Received in Graceland
5. Hawai'i Nei: Remembering the Invitation
6. Requiem: For My Brother
7. Of Soul and White Folks
8. Johannesburg: Nkosi sikelel'i Afrika
9. Harare: Toward a Third Liberation
Epilogue: Durham, North Carolina, November 2001
Notes
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.2002
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8135-3101-2 / 0813531012
ISBN-13	978-0-8135-3101-4 / 9780813531014
Zustand	Neuware