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

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book employs 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. Zusammenfassung This book employs 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: J Aulette, J. Aulette, Judy Aulette, Carter, K Carter, K. Carter, Katherine Carter, Katherine Aulette Carter
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.2009
• EAN: 9781349380756
• ISBN: 978-1-349-38075-6
• No. of pages: 205
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Africa, Ethnology, Social & cultural anthropology, Sociology, general, Gender studies, gender groups, Social Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, culture;gender;globalization;politics;poverty;violence;women