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Cape Verdean Women and Globalization

The Politics of Gender, Culture, and Resistance

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  • © 2009

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  1. Katherine Carter
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  2. Judy Aulette
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. About This Book

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 1-15

  3. Snapshots of History and Life in Cape Verde

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 17-38

  4. Insiders and Outsiders Exploring Cape Verde

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 39-65

  5. Cape Verde in a Global Economy

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 67-84

  6. She Works Hard for a Living

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 85-102

  7. Confronting Violence

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 103-120

  8. Batuku Dance as Resistance

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 121-133

  9. Language as Resistance

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 135-152

  10. Conclusions: Everyday Acts of Resistance

    • Katherine Carter, Judy Aulette
    Pages 153-169

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 171-196
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About this book

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.

About the authors

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.

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