Gendering global transformations gender, culture, race and identity

"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.

Introduction. Revisiting Gender, Culture, Race, and Identity in a Globalizing World / Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika and Chima J. Korieh -- Pt. I. Organizing Resistance in Local and International Contexts -- 1. Building Solidarities for Human Rights: Diasporic Women as Agents of Transformation / Faye V. Harrison -- 2. Wangari Maathai: Nobel Laureate, Environmentalist, and Engagement with the Kenya State / Eudora Chikwendu -- Pt. II. Gendered Perceptions and Positionalities -- 3. Cookbooks, Cuisine, Nationalisms: A Study of National Cuisine, Nation Building, and Gender Formation Through Black Nationalist Discourse / Patricia E. Clark -- 4. Civilizing the Savage: Toward a Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Human Rights and Reproductive Self-Determination for Women in Developing Countries / Obijiofor Aginam -- 5. The United States Media and Caribbean Gender Relations / Jerome Teelucksingh -- Pt. III. Spirit and Agency from the Subaltern -- 6. Soothing the Wounds of the Nation: Oromo Women Performing Ateetee in Exile / Martha Kuwee Kumsa -- 7. Understanding Spirituality and Models of Black Women's Creative Endeavors as a Source of Creative Empowerment / Hannah Chukwu -- 8. The Dark Side of the Feminine: Pomba Gira Spirits in Brazil / Kelly E. Hayes -- Pt. IV. Gender in Diasporic and Transnational Contexts -- 9. Building Bridges and Shifting Frontiers: Gender, Culture, and Shifting Identity in Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde and The New Tribe / Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku -- 10. Home-Sweet-Home, but Exactly Where? African Women's Immigration and the Challenge of Establishing Selves / Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika -- 11. Making Links Between Each Others' Oppressions: Witch-Hunts, Colonialism, and Globalization across Diasporas / Ursula Troche -- Pt. V. Gender and Social Change in Transitional Contexts -- 12. Gender Transformations in War and Peace: The Sierra Leone Experience / Aisha Fofana Ibrahim -- 13. UN Security Council Resolution 1325, Gender, and Transitional Justice / Christina Binder, Karin Lukas and Romana Schweiger -- 14. Discourses on Race and Gender in South Africa's Transition Process: A Challenging Liaison / Beatrix Schwarzer -- 15. Women's Labor and Identity in Transitional Societies: A Case of Rural Tanzania / Elinami Swai.