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001 2008009269
003 DLC
005 20101224084209.0
008 080229s2009 nyu b 101 0 eng
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050 00 $aHQ1075$b.G46722 2009
082 00 $a305.8009/051$222
245 00 $aGendering global transformations :$bgender, culture, race, and identity /$cedited by Chima J. Korieh and Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2009.
300 $axii, 291 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aRoutledge research in gender and society ;$v16
500 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: revisiting gender, culture, race, and Identity in a globalizing world / Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika and Chima J. Korieh -- Building solidarities for human rights: diasporic women as agents of transformation / Faye V. Harrison -- Wangari Maathai: Nobel laureate, Environmentalist, and engagement with the Kenya state / Eudora Chikwendu -- Cookbooks, cuisine, nationalisms: a study of national cuisine, nation building, and gender formation through black nationalist discourse / Patricia E. Clark -- Civilizing the savage: toward a cross-cultural dialogue of human rights and reproductive self-determination for women in developing countries / Obijiofor Aginam -- The United States media and Caribbean gender relations / Jerome Teelucksingh -- Soothing the wounds of the nation: Otomo women performing Ateetee in exile / Martha Kuwee Kumsa -- Understanding spirituality and models of black women's creative endeavors as a source of creative empowerment / Hannah Chukwu -- The dark side of the feminine: Pomba Gira spirits in Brazil / Kelly E. Hayes -- Building bridges and shifting frontiers: ender, culture, and shifting identity in Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde and the new tribe / Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku -- Home-sweet-home, but exactly where? African women's immigration and the challenge of establishing selves / Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika -- Making links between each others' oppressions: witch-hunts, colonialism, and globalization across diasporas / Ursula Troche -- Gender transformation in war and peace: the Sierra Leone experience / Aisha Fofana Ibrahim -- UN security council resolution 1325, gender, and transitional justice / Christina Binder,... [et al.] -- Discourses on race and gender in South Africa's transition process: a challenging liaison / Beatrix Schwarzer -- Women's labor and identity in transitional societies: a case of rural Tanzania / Elinami Swai.
650 0 $aSex role and globalization$vCongresses.
650 0 $aGender identity$vCongresses.
650 0 $aEthnicity$vCongresses.
700 1 $aKorieh, Chima J.$q(Chima Jacob),$d1962-
700 1 $aOkeke-Ihejirika, Philomina E.$q(Philomina Ezeagbor)
830 0 $aRoutledge research in gender and society ;$v16.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008009269.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2008009269-b.html