Daughters of Caliban : Caribbean women in the twentieth century / edited by Consuelo López Springfield.

Other author López Springfield, Consuelo, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, 1997.
Descriptionxxi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : revisiting Caliban : implications for Caribbean feminisms / Consuelo López Springfield -- Decolonizing feminism : the home-grown roots of Caribbean women's movements / Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert -- Empowering the mother tongue : the Creole movement in Guadeloupe / Cynthia J. Mesh -- We toil all the livelong day : women in the English-speaking Caribbean / Mary Johnson Osirim -- Reinventing higglering across transnational zones : Barbadian women juggle the triple shift / Carla Freeman -- Across the Mona Strait : Dominican boat women in Puerto Rico / Luisa Hernandez Angueira -- Daughter of Caro / Ruth Behar -- The power to heal : Haitian women in vodou / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Menstrual taboos, witchcraft babies, and social relations : women's health traditions in rural Jamaica / Elisa J. Sobo -- Women, health, and development : the commenwealth Caribbean / Caroline Allen -- The colonial legacy : gendered laws in Jamaica / Suzanne LaFont and Deborah Pruitt -- [Re]considering Cuban women in a time of troubles / Carollee Bengelsdorf -- "Así son" : salsa music, : salsa, music, female narratives, and gender (de)construction in Puerto Rico / Frances Aparicio --Face of the nation : race, nationalisms, and identities in Jamaican beauty pageants / Natasha B. Barnes..
Local noteLittle-319977--305131018782$
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96041477
ISBN0253332494 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0253210925 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN189936515X (UK)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1501 .D375 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold