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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456786903321

Titolo

Analyzing gender, intersectionality, and multiple inequalities [[electronic resource] ] : global, transnational and local contexts / / edited by Esther Ngan-Ling Chow, Marcia Texler Segal, Lin Tan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16036-6

9786613160362

0-85724-744-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Advances in gender research, , 1529-2126 ; ; v. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

ChowEsther Ngan-ling <1943->

SegalMarcia Texler <1940->

TanLin

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Gender identity

Sex differences

Equality

Social psychology

Globalization - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Frameworks and methods -- pt. 2. Gender in global-local connections -- pt. 3. Transnational migration -- pt. 4. War and peace-building.

Sommario/riassunto

The papers in this volume were selected and revised from among those presented at the conference: "Gender and Social Transformation: Global, Transnational, and Local Realities and Perspectives," Beijing, China in 2009. Through case studies and interview data from across the globe we see how intersectionality and inequality are contextualized shaping women's agencies, gender relations, identity, the politics of belonging, power structures, institutional arrangements, and empowerment (self and/or collective) in local communities and cultures influenced by transnational and global networks and