02818oam 2200625I 450 991045776180332120200520144314.01-315-42788-51-315-42789-31-59874-727-410.4324/9781315427898 (CKB)2550000000060285(EBL)677819(OCoLC)608038560(SSID)ssj0000484788(PQKBManifestationID)11335474(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484788(PQKBWorkID)10594961(PQKB)10134125(MiAaPQ)EBC677819(Au-PeEL)EBL677819(CaPaEBR)ebr10359333(OCoLC)956466679(EXLCZ)99255000000006028520180706e20162008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGuyana diaries women's lives across difference /Kimberly D. NettlesLondon :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (318 p.)Writing lives--ethnographic narrativesFirst published 2008 by Left Coast Press, Inc.1-59874-194-2 1-59874-195-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and index.Preface -- Introductions -- Histories -- Critical incidents: representing others, representing self -- The Guyana diaries -- Shifting ground -- Women's work -- Woman out of place -- Meet us where we are -- "By the grace of God, we are making out" -- "We all ... we is women together" -- A daughter comes home ... to self -- Leaving Guyana -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the author.Guyana Diaries narrates the life histories of members of the Red Thread Development Corporation, a group of women activists in the Caribbean. Kimberly Nettles, an African American researcher, explores the impact of their work on these women's lives and, in the process, discovers differences of class and nation that overshadow the gender and race she shares with her subjects. Blending feminist ethnography, critical autobiography, and literary narratives, Nettles examines both the collective and her own experiences in studying its members, producing an illuminating, evocative work of self Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.WomenGuyanaBiographyWomenGuyanaSocial conditionsElectronic books.WomenWomenSocial conditions.305.48/80092/2881Nettles Kimberly D.911275MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457761803321Guyana diaries2040802UNINA