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2. Gender and Trade Union Development: A Situational Analysis of Jamaica
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Phillips,Marva A. (Author), Roberts,Danny (Author), and Marsh,Lauren (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-06
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Social & Economic Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 60(2) : 145-166
- Notes:
- Presents a case study with background information to assess the gender structure of trade unions under the Jamaica Confederation of the Trade Unions (JCTU) to better understand the relationship between gender and leadership in trade union organizations.
3. Opposition et resistance dans la litterature feminine africaine et antillaise
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Russell,Tracy Mae (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Language:
- French
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Canada: Queen's University
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
- Notes:
- 210 p., In African and Caribbean literature the question of power relations is omnipresent. It is identifiable in the literature of the independence period, which explored socio-cultural issues while African and Caribbean nations were emerging from the grip of colonial powers, and also in that of today, where developed countries and developing countries are still negotiating their relationship. While the Black woman is the first to feel the effects of power, because the latter is doubly marginalized as a woman and black, she has historically been silenced by a literary canon that does not leave her room for self-expression. Through an analysis of power relations between Black women and the patriarchal institution, we reveal the tactics that women use to endure the alienating systems in which they are located: (1) the rehabilitation of their sexuality (2) feminine solidarity (3) formal education (4) supernatural power and (5) the reexamination of Western values.
4. The Movement from Secret Acts of Defiance to Manifestation of Women's Empowerment
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Bissessar,Charmaine (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-01
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Advancing Women in Leadership
- Journal Title Details:
- 33 : 69-74
- Notes:
- Condé and Schwarz-Bart searched to explore the themes of alienation as Martinicans living in a European French society and the search for an identity that typifies the quintessential Caribbean patriarchal culture. The evolution in consciousness of the female and how she sees herself as part of the diasporic dilemma confronting Caribbean society is marked by the almost limited early works by women authors. As women found their voices and led the way for other women, a natural empowerment ensued with new loyalties as generations transcended the effects of colonialism, indentureship, and slavery.