Gender and the Politics of Possibilities
Rethinking Globablization
By (author) Manisha Desai University of Connecticut
Publication date:
16 December 2008Length of book:
138 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
242x161mm6x10"
ISBN-13: 9780742563773
Gender and the Politics of Possibilities explores the lesser-known side of globalization beyond the effects of national governments and multinational corporations by taking a look at grassroots movements by women that have and continue to shape globalization today. Manisha Desai highlights the significant role that women play in cross-border trade in Africa, in transborder activism on issues that affect women, and in cultural change and social justice.
Gender and the Politics of Possibilities stresses the agency of actors within a globalized world, and hence emphasizes the capacities – or in Desai's own words, 'possibilities” and “creativity – of African informal cross-border traders, transnational feminists, and cultural producers.