Community activism and feminist politics : organizing across race, class, and gender / edited by Nancy A. Naples.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-388) and index.

1. Whose feminism, whose history? : reflections on excavating the history of (the) US women's movement(s) / Sherna Berger Gluck, Maylei Blackwell, Sharon Cotrell and Karen S. Harper -- 2. Women's culture and lesbian feminist activism : a reconsideration of cultural feminism / Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp -- 3. Reconceptualizing agency in domestic violence court / Judith Wittner -- 4. Conversation, research, and struggles over schooling in an African American community / Susan Parkison Stern -- 5. Challenging power : toxic waste protests and the politicization of white, working-class women / Celene Krauss -- 6. Producing the battered woman : shelter politics and the power of the feminist voice / Karen Kendrick -- 7. Navigating the anti-immigrant wave : the Korean Women's Hotline and the politics of community / Lisa Sun-Hee Park -- 8. Latina immigrant women and paid domestic work : upgrading the occupation / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo -- 9. Class, gender, and resistance in the Appalachian coalfields / Virginia Rinaldo Seitz -- 10. Gender, race, and community activism : competing strategies in the struggle for public education / Carolyn Howe -- 11. "The community needs to be built by us" : women organizing in Chicago public housing / Roberta M. Feldman, Susan Stall, and Patricia A. Wright -- 12. Creating community : Mexican American women in eastside Los Angeles / Mary Pardo -- 13. Work, politics, and coalition building : Hmong women's activism in a Central California town / Sharon Bays -- 14. Women's community activism : exploring the dynamics of politicization and diversity / Nancy A. Naples.

""Community Activism and Feminist Politics" brings together the voices of women political activists in varying community, class, and cultural contexts. Linking the theoretical with the practical, the essays in this collection focus on the complex ways that gender, race, ethnicity, culture, class, sexuality and region shape women's coalition building throughout the U.S. Their discussions offer new insights into such important and timely issues as violence, homophobia, racism, housing, civil rights, economic security, educational equity, and environmental justice." -- Cover.