| Description |
1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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text file |
| Series |
Writing lives--ethnographic narratives
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Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Guyana -- Biography.
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Women. |
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Guyana. |
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Women -- Guyana -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nettles, Kimberly D. Guyana diaries. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008003537 (OCoLC)183262303 |
| ISBN |
9781598747270 (electronic book) |
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1598747274 (electronic book) |
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9781598741940 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1598741942 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781598741957 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1598741950 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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