03253nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001400153072001700167072002300184072001600207100007500223245015100298250001800449264006900467300006500536336002600601337002600627338003600653347002400689505029500713520133901008650001502347650000902362650002002371650003702391650003202428650002002460650004102480650002202521700007402543710003402617773002602651776003602677776003602713856004602749978-3-031-64201-2DE-He21320251030113110.0cr nn 008mamaa240928s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d a97830316420127 a10.1007/978-3-031-64201-22doi 4aGN301-674 7aJHMC2bicssc 7aSOC0020102bisacsh 7aJHMC2thema1 aJones, Adele.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aUnsung Stories of Black Women’s Activism in the UKh[electronic resource] :bSpirits of Resistance and Resilience /cby Adele Jones, Diana Watt. a2nd ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024. aXXI, 236 p. 80 illus., 15 illus. in color.bonline resource. atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier atext filebPDF2rda0 aWe are Descendants of the Windrush Generation -- The Legacy of Black Women’s Activism -- Cultural Expressions of Resilience -- Ancestral Journeys and Diasporic Connections -- Loving Body, Skin and Hair -- Sowing Seeds of Success -- The Politics of Sisterhood -- Reflections -- References. aThis book is a long-overdue contribution to the history of Black feminist activism in the UK. It provides unique insights into both historical and contemporary issues that impact black women, their families and their communities, including immigration, education, policing, domestic violence and poverty. It fills a void in sociological and feminist literature by centring the voices, lived experiences and perspectives of women of the African and Caribbean Diaspora in the UK. Through the use of research, archival materials, narrative interviews, photographs, poems and reflective conversations, the authors explore the social issues which inspired these women's action for change. In drawing on personal and professional testimonies grounded in over two decades of community activism and scholarly analysis, the authors weave together the story of the Abasindi Cooperative, a woman’s organisation famed for its progressive and far-reaching social justice programmes. In so doing the authors reveal narratives of political struggle that have their resonance in present-day society. This book is an acknowledgment and celebration of the sociopolitical activism and achievements of black women in the UK and represents the hope, solidarity and triumph possible when women organise collectively to tackle social and racial injustice. 0aEthnology. 0aSex. 0aWomenxHistory. 0aAfricaxPolitics and government.14aSociocultural Anthropology.24aGender Studies.24aWomen's History / History of Gender.24aAfrican Politics.1 aWatt, Diana.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303164200508iPrinted edition:z978303164202940uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64201-2