Familial ties and citizen claims: photography and early civil rights activism in African–Canadian newspapers
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DOI: 10.1080/1472586x.2020.1827973
Abstract: This paper examines the visual cultures of early civil rights activism in Canada in the period following the enactment of the country’s first citizenship laws in 1947. It does so through a close study of… read more here.
Keywords: rights activism; african canadian; citizen claims; early civil ... See more keywords
The International Sakharov Hearings and Transnational Human Rights Activism, 1975–1985
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DOI: 10.1162/jcws_a_01008
Abstract: Abstract This article offers the first scholarly account of the International Sakharov Hearings, which were prompted by the so-called Moscow Appeal (1974) and took place in Copenhagen (1975), Rome (1977), Washington, DC (1979), Lisbon (1983),… read more here.
Keywords: rights activism; transnational human; international sakharov; sakharov hearings ... See more keywords
Book Review: Animal Rights Activism: A Moral–Sociological Perspective on Social Movements
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DOI: 10.1177/0001699318759264
Abstract: In recent social movement studies a symbolic framework emphasizing rituals, symbols and master frames has contributed with important insights into the diverse communicative and socio-cultural aspects of contemporary social movements (Alexander, 2006; Benford and Snow,… read more here.
Keywords: rights activism; activism moral; moral sociological; social movements ... See more keywords