Play, creativity, and social movements if I can't dance, it's not my revolution
As we play, we step away from stark reality to conjure up new possibilities for the present and our common future. Today, a new cohort of social activists are using it to create social change and reinvent democratic social relations. In contrast to work or routine, play must be free. To the extent t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Routledge advances in sociology ;
57. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798255706719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Play, Creativity, and Social Movements. If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution; Copyright; Contents; Lists of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Notes toward an Introduction. From Play to Eternity; 1. Surrealists, Situations, and Street Parties. History, Play, and Social Movements; 2. Play as Prank. From the Yippies to the Young Lords; 3. Send in the Clowns. Play, Pleasure, and Struggles against Oblivion; 4. Play as Community Building. From Gardens to Global Action; 5. Play as Street Party. Reclaiming Streets and Creating More Gardens!
- 6. Playing in Topsy-Turvy Times. From Carnival to Carnage7. From Play to Panic. Ludic Organizing in Absurd Times; 8. The Limits of Play. Radical Clowning vs. Tomato Picking; Notes toward a Conclusion. Reflections on the Study of Play in Social Movements; Interviews; A Brief Glossary of Groups; References; About the Author; Index
