The Rock Where We Stand : : An Ethnography of Women's Activism in Newfoundland / / Glynis George.
Bay St. George in western Newfoundland is a region characterized by a boom and bust economy and shaped by the establishment of the Earnest Harmon American Airforce Base. This ethnography explores how women at the Bay St. George Women's Council deal specifically with the issues of single motherh...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropological Horizons
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Between Home and Field: Feminist Activism at the Grass Roots
- 2. Gender, Ethnicity, and Labour before and after the 'Carefree Years'
- 3. Re-creating Home: The Local Construction of Feminist Practice
- 4. Contextualizing Dependency: Single Mothers and Feminist Politics
- 5. Sexual Abuse and Violence: Contested Meanings and the Politics of Narrative
- 6. Grass-roots Activism and Feminist Politics
- 7. Rethinking Community: Feminist Activism and Sustained Settlement
- 8. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index