Mohanty,Chandra Talpade (Author), Russo,Ann (Author), and Torres,Lourdes (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
338 p, Includes M. Jacqui Alexander's "Redrafting morality : the post colonial state and the Sexual Offences Bill of Trinidad and Tobago; and Faye V. Harrison's "Women in Jamaica?s urban informal economy: insights from a Kingston slum."
Ansano,Richenel (Editor), Clemincia,Jocelyn Cook (Editor), and Martis,Ethel (Editor)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
Willemstad, Curacao: Fundashon Publikashon
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
240 p, Published on the occasion of the third International Caribbean Women's Writers, hosted by Curacao. Conference Provides valuable information on Curacao's women. Also contains 29 poems, short stories and articles on a variety of subjects.
Analyses the feminist content of Afra-Hispanic literature written by Black Spanish-speaking women of the Caribbean and the Central and South America. Reconstruction of discursive tradition of Afra-Hispanic literature through archaeology; Presence of literate Afra-Hispanic writers during the slavery era; Prominence of Afra-Hispanic writers Nancy Morejon and Aida Cartagena Portalatin.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
346 p., Ranging from the time of slavery and indentureship, to national independence in 1962 and the present day, this book shows how gender inequalities have been perpetuated for the benefit of exploitative systems from slavery to the present day. The book explores women's roles and activities both in colonial ideology and in reality.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
223 p, Ileana Rodriguez's House/Garden/Nation: Space, Gender, and Ethnicity in Post-Colonial Latin American Literatures by Women offers an insightful look into the role the feminine has played in the constructions of nation and nationalism in critical moments of Latin American history. Although feminism is at the center of the study, it is always predicated by concerns of ethnicity and social class. (BNET);
The heterosexual family has become naturalized as an aspect of the state's struggle for legitimacy during decolonization. Influencing views of Black masculinity, this has led to the criminalization of homosexuality
"Rican women despite their different generations and social conditions, stand out as leaders who have set an example through decades of feminist struggle." (Ivette Romero-Cesareo)
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
346 p, Contents: 1. The Search for Origins: Women and the Division of Labour during Slavery and Indentureship -- 2. 'A Woman's Place': Colonial Ideology and the Reality of Women's Work 1898-1938 -- 3. The Politics of Sex, Race and Class -- 4. The Early Labour Movement -- 5. Women and Labour Struggles: 1900-1938 -- 6. The Early Women's Movement -- 7. The War and Post-War Economy and the Rise of the Middle Strata: 1939-1960 -- 8. Post-War Welfare Policy and 'Women's Work' -- 9. The Post-War Women's Movement: 1939-62 -- 10. Responsible Trade Unionism and the Woman Worker: 1939-62 -- 11. Constitutional Change and the New Nationalist Politics -- Chronology of Trade Union Development: 1919-1960
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
196 p, Includes chapters "Of mangoes and maroons : language, history, and the multicultural subject of Michelle Cliff's Abeng," "Toward a new antillean humanism: Maryse Condé's Traversée de la mangrove," "Inscriptions of exile: the body's knowledge and the myth of authenticity in Myriam Warner-Vieyra and Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie," and "Geographies of pain: captive bodies and violent acts in Myriam Warner-Vieyra, Gayl Jones, and Bessie Head"
