Challenging codes in 'the happiest place on earth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4862467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fazila Bhimji (University of Lancashire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-330 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0921-3740 • E-ISSN: 1461-7048 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0921374013502006 |
| OpenAlex | W1982781116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article examines residents' participation in local politics following the fatal shooting of two Latino men by the police in June 2012 in the city of Anaheim in Southern California. The shootings led to protests and conflicts with the police. Anaheim is the home of Disneyland. Once a suburban White town, it is now 53% Latino and about 15% Asian. The article explores the number of ways in which the residents of Anaheim attempt to ameliorate racial inequalities and make Anaheim a fairer place. The article discusses various modes of activism, including a community group comprising mothers, website activism, a Facebook group, a coalition aiming to 'takebackanaheim' and participation on individual levels. Recent scholarship on social movements has argued that there has been a shift towards a 'post-material' politics, marked by a diminished sense of the personal relevance of government and growing dissatisfaction with the working of democratic process. Empirical work in this context shows that for Anaheim residents, the issue of local government became very significant. Anaheim residents protested in fragmented and autonomous ways and used newer methods of activism, but they invoked shared ideologies about racial and economic inequalities as opposed to identity and personal politics
Aesthetics · Democracy · Geography · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Scholarship · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Media and Politics
Magical urbanism
The Logic of Connective Action
Complexity and Social Movements
Networks and netwars
Digital Media and the Personalization of Collective Action
Symbolic Production, Representation, and Contested Identities
Communicating Global Activism
Resisting State Violence
American Babylon
Challenging Codes
Marginal economies and collective action
Privacy Advocacy Groups Versus Intel
Persuasion and Privacy in Cyberspace
Beyond the Fragments
Pink, Purple, Green. Women's, Religious, Environmental, and Gay/Lesbian Movements in Central Europe Today
(Re)Bordering the Civic Imaginary
Signatures of citizenship
Fragmentation of the collective action space
From Solidarity to Fluidarity
The Logic of Connective Action
Young citizens and civic learning
The Spring Marches of 2006
Undocumented Immigrants' Performances and Claims of Urban Citizenship in Los Angeles
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |