Erika Summers Effler

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Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes: Emotional Rhythms in Social Movement GroupsHardcover, 1 April 2010

Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes: Emotional Rhythms in Social Movement Groups
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Part of Series
Morality and Society
Part of Series
Morality and Society (Hardcover)
Print Length
256 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date Published
1 Apr 2010
ISBN-10
0226188655
ISBN-13
9780226188652

Description

Why do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout?

To explore these questions, Erika Summers Effler undertook three years of ethnographic fieldwork with two groups: anti-death penalty activists STOP and the Catholic Workers, who strive to alleviate poverty. In both communities, members must contend with problems that range from the broad to the intimately personal. Adverse political conditions, internal conflict, and fluctuations in financial resources create a backdrop of daily frustration--but watching an addict relapse or an inmate's execution are much more devastating setbacks. Summers Effler finds that overcoming these obstacles, recovering from failure, and maintaining the integrity of the group require a constant process of emotional fine-tuning, and she demonstrates how activists do this through thoughtful analysis and a lucid rendering of their deeply affecting stories.

Product Details

Author:
Erika Summers Effler
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 April 2010
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.75 x 2.03 cm
ISBN-10:
0226188655
ISBN-13:
9780226188652
Language:
English
Location:
Chicago, IL
Pages:
256
Weight:
458.13 gm

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