1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796208803321

Autore

Donkor Martha

Titolo

The experiences of Ghanaian live-in caregivers in the United States / / Martha Donkor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-6446-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

331.76164980820973

Soggetti

Women caregivers - United States

Women immigrants - United States

Foreign workers, Ghanaian - United States

Ghanaians - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Women, globalization, migration, and work -- Ghana in the global political economy -- Ghanaian women and the international migration process -- The chance and choice of live-in caregiving -- The dynamics of live-in caregiving -- Organizing family from a distance -- Live in at what cost? -- Rethinking immigrant women's care work.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910863106803321

Titolo

Contemporary Applications of Actor Network Theory / / edited by Idongesit Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9789811570667

9811570663

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

303.01

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Human geography

Economics - Sociological aspects

Knowledge, Sociology of

Science and Technology Studies

Human Geography

Economic Sociology

Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1.Contemporary application of ANT: An introduction -- 2.Communicative approaches to risk management in complex systems through the prism of Actor-Network- Theory -- 3.The Act-Shifts between Humans and Nonhumans in Architecture: A Reading of Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network Theory -- 4.The Robots are here -- 5.Developing a Framework for Understanding How Media Entrepreneurs Act: An Actor-Network Perspective -- 6.Institutional E-Learning Implementation: An Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) Perspective -- 7.Iranian Data Protection Policy in Social Media; An Actor-Network Theory Approach -- 8.Different approaches of leadership in multicultural teams through the perspective of Actor Network Theory -- 9.ANT and Mobile network service adoption in banking industry -- 10.Application of Actor-Network Theory To control occupational violence in healthcare facilities -- 11.Actor Network Theory and Networked Organizations,



Proposing a Conceptual Framework -- 12.How Actors of Social Networks Affect Differently on theOthers? Addressing the Critique of Equal Importance on Actor-Network Theory by Use of Social Network Analysis -- 13.Analyzing Network of Media Organization, Audiences and ICTs Based on Actor Network Theory: The case of IRIB -- 14.The Interaction between Human and Media in the future of Banking industry.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides empirically driven discussions and investigations into the relevance of Actor Network Theory (ANT) and its theoretical concepts. As our civilization evolves from human to technologically-driven, new socio-technical networks of actors—in society, business and government—are emerging by the day. These networks of actors collaborate to produce contemporary goods and services, handle production processes, manage risks, develop social and commercial networks, develop policy development, manage complexities and create new ways of life. This book provides unique conceptual tools needed to analyze such processes, highlighting the effectiveness of ANT in fostering collaboration in and between governments, organizations and society. Dr. Idongesit Williams is a Lecturer/Postdoctoral Researcher at CMI, Aalborg University, Copenhagen. He holds a Ph.D. specializing in Telecommunications and Internet Policies, from Aalborg University. The subjects of his numerousresearch publication are on the digitalization of government services, organizations and society. He is part of the STS research tradition.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963278503321

Autore

Grillo Evelio

Titolo

Black Cuban, Black American : a memoir / / Evelio Grillo ; introduction by Kenya Dworkin y Mendez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, Tex., : Arte Publico Press, 2000

ISBN

1-61192-037-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage

Disciplina

973/.04687291

Soggetti

Cuban Americans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part One ""; ""Part Two""; ""Part Three ""

Sommario/riassunto

Arte Público Presss landmark series "Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage" has traditionally been devoted to long-lost and historic works by Hispanics of decades and even centuries past. The publications of Black Cuban, Black American mark the first original work by a living author to become part of this notable series. The reason for this unprecedented honor can be seen in Evilio Grillos path-breaking life.  Ybor City was once a thriving factory town populated by cigar-makers, mostly emigrants from Cuba. Growing up in Ybor City (now part of Tampa) in the early twentieth century, the young Evilio experienced the complexities and sometimes the difficulties of life in a horse-and-buggy society demarcated by both racial and linguistic lines. Life was different depending on whether you were Spanish- or English-speaking, a white or black Cuban, a Cuban American or a native-born U.S. citizen, well off or poor. (Even U.S.-born blacks did not always get along with their Hispanic counterparts.) Grillo captures the joys and sorrows of this unique world that slowly faded away as he grew to adulthood and was absorbed into the African-American community during the Depression. He then tells of his eye-opening experiences as a soldier in an all-black unit serving in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations during World War II. Booklovers may have read of Ybor City in the novels of Jose Yglesias, but never before has the colorful locale been portrayed from this perspective.  The book



also contains a fascinating eight-page photo insert.