03616nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-64201-2 DE-He213 20251030113110.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240928s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031642012 978-3-031-64201-2 10.1007/978-3-031-64201-2 doi GN301-674 JHMC bicssc SOC002010 bisacsh JHMC thema Jones, Adele. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 85144 Unsung Stories of Black Women’s Activism in the UK [electronic resource] : Spirits of Resistance and Resilience / by Adele Jones, Diana Watt. 2nd ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXI, 236 p. 80 illus., 15 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda We 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. This 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. Ethnology. 58687 Sex. 66477 Women History. 68068 Africa Politics and government. 67669 Sociocultural Anthropology. 71227 Gender Studies. 66478 Women's History / History of Gender. 68069 African Politics. 67671 Watt, Diana. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 85145 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031642005 Printed edition: 9783031642029 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64201-2 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 63780 63780