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UNINA9910465994503321 |
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Gentles-Peart Kamille |
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Romance with voluptuousness : Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States / / Kamille Gentles-Peart |
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Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2016] |
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0-8032-9515-4 |
0-8032-9513-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Collana |
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Expanding frontiers: interdisciplinary approaches to studies of women, gender, and sexuality |
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Women, Black - Caribbean Area |
Women immigrants - United States |
Caribbean Americans - Cultural assimilation |
Body image - United States |
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) - United States |
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) - Caribbean Area |
Racism - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The "thick black woman": racialized body politics and the marginalization of black women -- Constructing diasporic identity: black Caribbean women's self-representation and cultural citizenship -- Unrequited romance: black Caribbean beauty ideals and discontent in the United States -- Transgressive discourses: negotiating the thin hegemony and negative physical capital -- Embodying diaspora: centering thick bodies in black women's diasporic experiences. |
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UNINA9910968625203321 |
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Autore |
Liu Ning Rong |
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Decentralization and marketization : the changing landscape of China's adult and continuing education / / Ning Rong Liu |
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New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Collana |
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Education in a competitive and globalizing world |
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Adult education - China |
Continuing education - China |
Education, Higher - China |
Universities and colleges - Decentralization - China |
Educational change - China |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- Research methodology -- Global influences: decentralization and marketization in higher education -- Historical perspectives: China's adult and continuing education -- Driving forces behind the reorganization of China's continuing education -- Changes in institutional structure and organizational culture: a case study -- Key findings, discussion, and conclusions. |
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China's adult and continuing education institutions have launched comprehensive reforms in order to meet the increasing demands for professional training. With decentralisation and marketisation becoming global trends in reforming public sectors across the world, China's adult and continuing education institutions have also adopted these policies in their restructuring. The present research presents a holistic picture of the restructuring of China's adult and continuing education. The global and local forces that are driving the decentralisation and marketisation of China's adult and continuing education such as the development of the market economy in the country, the rising demand for professional talent, the impact of the increasing enrolment in China's regular higher education institutions, and the external influence of educational reforms are identified and |
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