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Informationen zum Autor Kimberly D. Nettles is an assistant professor in Women & Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis. Klappentext Narrates the life histories of members of the Red Thread Development Corporation! a group of women activists in the Caribbean. This work explores the impact of their work on these women's lives and! in the process! discovers differences of class and nation that overshadow the gender and race she shares with her subjects. Zusammenfassung Guyana Diaries narrates the life histories of members of the Red Thread Development Corporation, a group of women activists in the Caribbean. Kimberly Nettles, an African American researcher, explores the impact of their work on these women’s lives and, in the process, discovers differences of class and nation that overshadow the gender and race she shares with her subjects. Blending feminist ethnography, critical autobiography, and literary narratives, Nettles examines both the collective and her own experiences in studying its members, producing an illuminating, evocative work of self and other. It should be of interest to those in race and ethnic studies, gender studies, Caribbean studies, development studies, and qualitative research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, Part I: Introductions, 1. Histories, 2. Critical Incidents: Representing Others, Representing Self, Part II: The Guyana Diaries, 3. Shifting Ground, 4. Women’s Work, 5. Woman Out of Place, 6. Meet Us Where We Are, 7. “By the Grace of God, We Are Making Out”, 8. “We All . . . We Is Women Together”, 9. A Daughter Comes Home . . . to Self, 10. Leaving Guyana, 11. Epilogue, Notes, References, Index, About the Author
Summary
The author, an African American researcher, explores the impact of work, family, politics, and local culture on the lives of members of a women's work collective in the Caribbean and, in the process, discovers how differences in class and nation can overshadow the gender and race she shares with her subjects.
