Globalization and Third World Women: Exploitation, Coping and Resistance

by Ligaya Lindio-McGovern

Book Overview

Adopting the notion of "third world" as a political and geographical category, this volume analyzes marginalized women's experiences of globalization. It unravels the intersections of race, culture, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and class that have shaped the position of these women in the global political economy, as well as their cultural and national histories. In addition to a thematically structured and highly informative investigation, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081563305X
• ISBN13: 9780815633051
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"