Cape Verdean Women and Globalization : The Politics of Gender, Culture, and Resistance

This book employs critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about women's lives in the era of twenty-first century globalization. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face such as poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence. This book employs critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about women's lives in the era of twenty-first century globalization. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face such as poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence. They also examine the ways women resist the challenges globalization has brought to them especially through cultural expressions of batuku dancing and Creole language Front Matter....Pages i-ix About This Book....Pages 1-15 Snapshots of History and Life in Cape Verde....Pages 17-38 Insiders and Outsiders Exploring Cape Verde....Pages 39-65 Cape Verde in a Global Economy....Pages 67-84 She Works Hard for a Living....Pages 85-102 Confronting Violence....Pages 103-120 Batuku Dance as Resistance....Pages 121-133 Language as Resistance....Pages 135-152 Conclusions: Everyday Acts of Resistance....Pages 153-169 Back Matter....Pages 171-196