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    1. Azucar negra: (Re)envisioning race, representation, and resistance in the afrofeminista imaginary

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Guyton Acosta,Kiley Jeanelle (Author)
    Format:
    Dissertation/Thesis
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    New Mexico: The University of New Mexico
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
    Notes:
    321 p., Locates contemporary articulations of afrofeminismo in manifold modes of cultural production including literature, music, visual displays of the body, and digital media. Examines the development of afrofeminismo in relation to colonial sexual violence in sugar-based economies to explain how colonial dynamics inflect ideologies of blanqueamiento/embranquecimento (racial whitening) and pseudo-scientific racial determinism. In this context, the author addresses representations of the mujer negra (black woman) and the mulata (mulatto woman) in Caribbean and Brazilian cultural discourse.

    2. Sustainable Development from a Gender Perspective -- Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba: Women as Protagonists In Rural Areas

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Kleba Lisboa,Teresa (Author) and Garibotti Lusa,Mailiz (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Language:
    Portuguese
    Publication Date:
    Sep 2010
    Published:
    Florianopolis, Brazil: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Estudos Feministas
    Journal Title Details:
    18(3) : 871-887
    Notes:
    This article discusses different views about sustainable development, emphasizing -- on the basis of a survey conducted in Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba -- the role of rural women in food production and natural resource management, the strength of the rural women's movement in the conquest of rights, and the decisive participation of women in defining proposals for public policies that guarantee gender equality in rural areas. A brief comparative analysis leads us to conclude that the development model in the three countries still prioritizes the male figure in relation to land tenure, access to credit and purchase of equipment or other material resources, it is suggested that both in Cuba, a socialist country, and in Mexico and Brazil, capitalist counties, the assumptions of social policies directed to rural female workers should take into account the basic needs of rural women to guarantee a more humane and sustainable development. Adapted from the source document.