316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
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Guyana Diaries narrates the life histories of members of the Red Thread Development Corporation, a group of women activists in the Caribbean. Kimberly Nettles, an African American researcher, explores the impact of their work on these women’s lives and, in the process, discovers differences of class and nation that overshadow the gender and race she shares with her subjects. Blending feminist... Read more
Preface, Part I: Introductions, 1. Histories, 2. Critical Incidents: Representing Others, Representing Self, Part II: The Guyana Diaries, 3. Shifting Ground, 4. Women’s Work, 5. Woman Out of Place, 6. Meet Us Where We Are, 7. “By the Grace of God, We Are Making Out”, 8. “We All . . . We Is Women Together”, 9. A Daughter Comes Home . . . to Self, 10. Leaving Guyana, 11. Epilogue, Notes, References, Index, About the Author
Biography
Kimberly D. Nettles is an assistant professor in Women & Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis.
