"Let there be no doubt: this is not only a terrific work of social science, it is also a wonderful way for students to imagine themselves in the role of researcher, contemplate the challenges of working across generational lines and against dominant expectations about how knowledge production works. Our students were fascinated and inspired." —<b>José Antonio Lucero</b>, Joff Hanauer Honors Professor and Chair of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Associate Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

"There are few studies that can teach students as much about the benefits of engaged ethnography and taking seriously the complexities of social movements than<i> Sustaining Activism</i>."—<b>María Elena García</b>, Chair of Comparative History of Ideas Program and Associate Professor of International Studies and Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington

"This absorbing book—combining history, politics, sociology, memoir—is ultimately beyond category, much like the individual activists in Brazil whom it traces. Unique individuals can and do join forces to make a movement, as the authors have joined forces to make this book. Jeffrey W. Rubin and Emma Sokoloff-Rubin, each a distinct voice within a father-daughter team, exemplify the complex unities they write about so eloquently."—<b>Mary Jo Salter</b>, poet and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University

“This slim book is free of academic jargon and instead exudes authenticity and positivity. The women's stories about their own histories and current circumstances are handled capably by the authors who acknowledge the interesting dynamics that play out as they interview women whose own fathers rarely let them leave the house or attend secondary school. High school and undergraduate students interested in Latin American politics and women's studies will especially find this intriguing and informative.”

- Jennifer Stout, Library Journal

“[T]he book itself, a unique collaboration between distinct voices and perspectives, is a rich, thought-provoking, and surprisingly accessible addition to the study of democratic social movements.”

- Maggie Carter, NACLA Report on the Americas

“<i>Sustaining Activism </i>works precisely because in the context of examining a women’s movement the scholarly value added by a father-daughter team can offer new windows on to the theme. . . . Inevitably, a father will have a different understanding and approach to such themes to a daughter, and so, very cleverly, this duo have provided an extra layer of analysis that can only benefit the reader and scholarship more generally.” 

- Eugene Carey, Latin American Review of Books

"This is scholarship that grew from productive and transparent 'circuitous dialogue' among father and daughter, women and men, activists and researchers, university settings and local schools, teachers and students, and professional colleagues and personal friends in both Brazil and the US. It is scholarship rich with nuanced insights but highly accessible to a non-academic audience. It speaks simultaneously to deeply political and deeply private issues, which is the point."

- Susan Besse, Luso-Brazilian Review