Cape Verdean Women and Globalization [electronic resource] : The Politics of Gender, Culture, and Resistance /
Carter, K.author.
Aulette, J.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
About this book -- Snapshots of history and life in Cape Verde -- Insiders and outsiders exploring Cape Verde -- Cape Verde in a global economy -- She works hard for a living -- Confronting violence -- Batuku dance as resistance -- Language as resistance -- Everyday acts of resistance.
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.
Ethnology.
Organic chemistry.
Sociology.
Ethnology—Africa.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Organic Chemistry.
Gender Studies.
Sociology, general.
African Culture.