TY  - BOOK
AU  - Korieh,Chima J
AU  - Okeke-Ihejirika,Philomina E
TI  - Gendering global transformations : gender, culture, race and identity 
T2  - Routledge research in gender and society 
SN  - 9780415807814
U1  - 305.8009051 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sex role and globalization
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Ethnicity
N1  - "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
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