Description |
1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations, map |
Series |
Writing lives--ethnographic narratives |
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Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.
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Contents |
Preface -- Introductions -- Histories -- Critical incidents: representing others, representing self -- The Guyana diaries -- Shifting ground -- Women's work -- Woman out of place -- Meet us where we are -- "By the grace of God, we are making out" -- "We all ... we is women together" -- A daughter comes home ... to self -- Leaving Guyana -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the author |
Summary |
The author, an African American researcher, explores the impact of work, family, politics, and local culture on the lives of members of a women's work collective in the Caribbean and, in the process, discovers how differences in class and nation can overshadow the gender and race she shares with her subjects |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Women -- Guyana -- Biography
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Women -- Guyana -- Social conditions
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Women
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Women -- Social conditions
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Guyana
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008003537 |
ISBN |
9781598747270 |
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1598747274 |
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