Transatlantic feminisms : women and gender studies in Africa and the diaspora / / edited by Cheryl Rodriguez, Dzodzi Tsikata, and Akosua Adomako Ampofo

• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4096
• Soggetto topico: Feminism - Africa; Women - Africa - Social conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): RodriguezCheryl Rene <1952->; TsikataDzodzi; Adomako AmpofoAkosua
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; I: Feminist Politics and the Politics of "Black" Feminisms; Chapter One: Feminist Organizing, Electoral Representation, and Transformation in Africa; Chapter Two: This Bridge Called the Internet; Chapter Three: Fighting Shirley Chisholm; Chapter Four: Academics and Praxis; Chapter Five: Experiences in Transformative Feminist Movement Building at the Grassroots Level in Tanzania; II: Women and the Multi-Layered Textures of Representation; Chapter Six: Mucamas and Mulatas ; Chapter Seven: Feminist Perspectives in Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Everything Good Will Come by Sefi AttaChapter Eight: Black Women and U.S. Pop Culture in the Post-Identity Era; Chapter Nine: Contemporary Black Photographic Practice in Miami, Florida; III: Transcending Borders: Survival, Resistance, and Making a Living; Chapter Ten: Like Your Own Child?; Chapter Eleven: Young Women and Survival in Post-War Uganda; Chapter Twelve: Borders within Borders; Chapter Thirteen: "You Have to Move!"; Chapter Fourteen: Uneven Integration among African Immigrant Women in France ; Chapter Fifteen: "How Can I Come to Work on Saturdays When I Have a Family?"Index; About the Editors and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Cheryl Rodriguez is chair of the Department of Africana Studies and director of the Institute on Black Life at the University of South Florida. Dzodzi Tsikata is associate professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana. Akosua Adomako Ampofo is professor of African and gender studies and director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana.
• Titolo autorizzato: Transatlantic feminisms
• ISBN: 1-4985-0718-2; 1-4985-0717-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788149703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II