Transnational Borderlands in Women's Global Networks: The Making of Cultural Resistance

ISBN-13: 9781349292318 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 251 str.

Clara Roman-Odio; Marta Sierra; M. Sierra

Opis

Transnational Borderlands: The Making of Cultural Resistance in Women's Global Networks investigates the implications of transnational feminist methodologies at multiple levels: collective actions, theory, pedagogy, discursive, and visual productions.

Recenzje

"'Transnational Borderlands is a book about the intricate connections between local and global sites that women occupy in transnational networks' ... . The broad spectrum of this volume will appeal to scholars in the fields of Women's and Gender Studies, Transnational Studies, Latin American and Middle Eastern Studies, and to anyone interested in the intersection between activism and globalization." (Enrique Ávila López, Letras Femeninas, 2015)

Spis treści

PART I: GLOBALIZATION, TRANSNATIONALISMS, AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION IN THE BORDERLANDS Transnational Feminism, Globalization, and the Politics of Representation in Chicana Visual Art; C.Román-Odio Markings on the Walls: Writing in Opposition in Alicia Gaspar de Alba's Desert Blood ; I.Mata Global Patagonia: Belén Gache's Nomadic Writings; M.Sierra Family Imaginaries and Postmemory in Chilean Narrative: Andrea Jeftanovic's Escenario de Guerra and Lina Meruane's Cercada ; B.Llanos Iraqi Women, Jewish Men, and Global Noises in Two Texts by Ya'qub Balbul; O.Bashkin PART II: TRANSNATIONAL DECENTERING OF HUMAN/WOMEN'S RIGHTS Race, Gender, and Human Rights: A Glimpse into the Transnational Feminist Organization of Afro-Brazilian Women; J.Franklin Shaping Political Discourse on Women's Rights: The Role of Women in the Amendment of Gender Policies in Turkey; G.A.Marshall Trouble in the Global Village: A Snapshot of LGBT Community in Eastern Europe; A.Klosowska PART III: PEDAGOGIES OF CROSSING AND DISSENT The Vagina Monologues: Theoretical, Pedagogical, and Geopolitical Concerns; K.Williams The Long Table Model: Bringing Transnational Feminist Debates to a Small University in Iowa; K.Strzepek, B. Jacobson, & K.Van Blair

O autorze

Clara Román-Odio is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Director of Latino/a Studies at Kenyon College, USA.