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Sixteen essays by prominent feminist scholars and authors establish new paths in the study of intimacy and globalization, challenging globalization's grand narratives and their representation of women as either victims of forced migration or local actors of limited influence. These essays inter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pratt, Geraldine (Editor ), Rosner, Victoria (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Gender and culture.
Temas:
Feminism > Case studies.
Intimacy (Psychology) > Case studies.
Féminisme > Études de cas.
Intimité > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Feminism
Intimacy (Psychology)
Electronic books.
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Sixteen essays by prominent feminist scholars and authors establish new paths in the study of intimacy and globalization, challenging globalization's grand narratives and their representation of women as either victims of forced migration or local actors of limited influence. These essays intervene in grand narratives of global relations by focusing on the specific, the quotidian, the affective, and the eccentric. They scrutinize the frames we use to recognize and organize intimacy and analyze the global forces that undergird personal experience and exchange. Writing from multiple.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 325 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231520843
0231520840

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