Gendering global transformations gender, culture, race and identity
Gendering global transformations gender, culture, race and identity
- London Routledge 2009
- xii,291p. 24 cm.
- Routledge research in gender and society .
- Routledge research in gender and society 16. .
"Most of the papers in this volume were initially presented at the second international conference of the Transatlantic Research Group ... from July 28-30, 2006 at the Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, Nigeria"--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.
Revisiting Gender, Culture, Race, and Identity in a Globalizing World / Organizing Resistance in Local and International Contexts -- Building Solidarities for Human Rights: Diasporic Women as Agents of Transformation / Wangari Maathai: Nobel Laureate, Environmentalist, and Engagement with the Kenya State / Gendered Perceptions and Positionalities -- Cookbooks, Cuisine, Nationalisms: A Study of National Cuisine, Nation Building, and Gender Formation Through Black Nationalist Discourse / Civilizing the Savage: Toward a Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Human Rights and Reproductive Self-Determination for Women in Developing Countries / The United States Media and Caribbean Gender Relations / Spirit and Agency from the Subaltern -- Soothing the Wounds of the Nation: Oromo Women Performing Ateetee in Exile / Understanding Spirituality and Models of Black Women's Creative Endeavors as a Source of Creative Empowerment / The Dark Side of the Feminine: Pomba Gira Spirits in Brazil / Gender in Diasporic and Transnational Contexts -- Building Bridges and Shifting Frontiers: Gender, Culture, and Shifting Identity in Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde and The New Tribe / Home-Sweet-Home, but Exactly Where? African Women's Immigration and the Challenge of Establishing Selves / Making Links Between Each Others' Oppressions: Witch-Hunts, Colonialism, and Globalization across Diasporas / Gender and Social Change in Transitional Contexts -- Gender Transformations in War and Peace: The Sierra Leone Experience / UN Security Council Resolution 1325, Gender, and Transitional Justice / Discourses on Race and Gender in South Africa's Transition Process: A Challenging Liaison / Women's Labor and Identity in Transitional Societies: A Case of Rural Tanzania / Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika and Chima J. Korieh -- Faye V. Harrison -- Eudora Chikwendu -- Patricia E. Clark -- Obijiofor Aginam -- Jerome Teelucksingh -- Martha Kuwee Kumsa -- Hannah Chukwu -- Kelly E. Hayes -- Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku -- Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika -- Ursula Troche -- Aisha Fofana Ibrahim -- Christina Binder, Karin Lukas and Romana Schweiger -- Beatrix Schwarzer -- Elinami Swai. Introduction. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. Pt. III. 6. 7. 8. Pt. IV. 9. 10. 11. Pt. V. 12. 13. 14. 15.
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Sex role and globalization--Congresses.
Gender identity--Congresses.
Ethnicity--Congresses.
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"Most of the papers in this volume were initially presented at the second international conference of the Transatlantic Research Group ... from July 28-30, 2006 at the Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, Nigeria"--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.
Revisiting Gender, Culture, Race, and Identity in a Globalizing World / Organizing Resistance in Local and International Contexts -- Building Solidarities for Human Rights: Diasporic Women as Agents of Transformation / Wangari Maathai: Nobel Laureate, Environmentalist, and Engagement with the Kenya State / Gendered Perceptions and Positionalities -- Cookbooks, Cuisine, Nationalisms: A Study of National Cuisine, Nation Building, and Gender Formation Through Black Nationalist Discourse / Civilizing the Savage: Toward a Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Human Rights and Reproductive Self-Determination for Women in Developing Countries / The United States Media and Caribbean Gender Relations / Spirit and Agency from the Subaltern -- Soothing the Wounds of the Nation: Oromo Women Performing Ateetee in Exile / Understanding Spirituality and Models of Black Women's Creative Endeavors as a Source of Creative Empowerment / The Dark Side of the Feminine: Pomba Gira Spirits in Brazil / Gender in Diasporic and Transnational Contexts -- Building Bridges and Shifting Frontiers: Gender, Culture, and Shifting Identity in Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde and The New Tribe / Home-Sweet-Home, but Exactly Where? African Women's Immigration and the Challenge of Establishing Selves / Making Links Between Each Others' Oppressions: Witch-Hunts, Colonialism, and Globalization across Diasporas / Gender and Social Change in Transitional Contexts -- Gender Transformations in War and Peace: The Sierra Leone Experience / UN Security Council Resolution 1325, Gender, and Transitional Justice / Discourses on Race and Gender in South Africa's Transition Process: A Challenging Liaison / Women's Labor and Identity in Transitional Societies: A Case of Rural Tanzania / Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika and Chima J. Korieh -- Faye V. Harrison -- Eudora Chikwendu -- Patricia E. Clark -- Obijiofor Aginam -- Jerome Teelucksingh -- Martha Kuwee Kumsa -- Hannah Chukwu -- Kelly E. Hayes -- Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku -- Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika -- Ursula Troche -- Aisha Fofana Ibrahim -- Christina Binder, Karin Lukas and Romana Schweiger -- Beatrix Schwarzer -- Elinami Swai. Introduction. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. Pt. III. 6. 7. 8. Pt. IV. 9. 10. 11. Pt. V. 12. 13. 14. 15.
9780415807814
40016114430
Sex role and globalization--Congresses.
Gender identity--Congresses.
Ethnicity--Congresses.
305.8009051 / GE-