Cape Verdean Women and Globalization: The Politics of Gender, Culture, and Resistance

ISBN-13: 9780230618084 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 196 str.

Katherine Carter; Judy Aulette

Opis

This bookemploys critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about women's lives in the era of twenty-first century globalization. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face such as poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence."

Spis treści

About this Book Snapshots of History and Life in Cape Verde Insiders and Outsiders Exploring Cape Verde Cape Verde in a Global Economy She Works Hard for a Living Confronting Violence Batuku Dance as Resistance Language as Resistance Everyday Acts of Resistance Bibliography Appendix A-E Interview Tables Index

O autorze

KATHERINE CARTER is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Kurdistan-Hawler, Northern Iraq.   JUDY AULETTE is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of North Carolina, USA.