02913nam 22006254a 450 991077827100332120230207224952.00-8166-9484-2(CKB)1000000000481150(EBL)326385(OCoLC)476124029(SSID)ssj0000101391(PQKBManifestationID)11122142(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101391(PQKBWorkID)10037442(PQKB)11218153(MiAaPQ)EBC326385(OCoLC)182856982(MdBmJHUP)muse38797(Au-PeEL)EBL326385(CaPaEBR)ebr10206190(CaONFJC)MIL523023(EXLCZ)99100000000048115020051102d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn alliance of women[electronic resource] immigration and the politics of race /Heather MerrillMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20061 online resource (290 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4158-7 0-8166-4157-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.Introduction: immigration and the spatial politics of scale -- The spatial politics of race and gender -- Alma Mater: the architecture of an interethnic social politics -- Limiting the laboring: industrial restructuring and the new migration -- Extracomunitari in post-Fordist Turin -- Race, politics, and protest in the Casbah, or San Salvario, Africa -- Turin feminism: from workerism to interethnic gender alliance -- Making Alma Mater: gender, race, and other differences -- Conclusion: speaking subjects -- Epilogue: gender and globalization at the G8 in Genoa, July 2001.Heather Merrill investigates how migrants and Northern Italians struggle over meanings and negotiate social and cultural identities. Using rich ethnographic material, Merrill traces the emergence of Alma MaterÑan anti-racist organization formed to address problems encountered by migrant women. Through this analysis, she reveals the dynamics of an alliance consisting of women from many countries of origin and religious and class backgrounds.FeminismItalyWomen, BlackItalySocial conditionsWomen immigrantsItalyTurinFeminismInternational cooperationFeminismWomen, BlackSocial conditions.Women immigrantsFeminismInternational cooperation.305.420945Merrill Heather1490140MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778271003321An alliance of women3711312UNINA