Lydia Cacho Goes Undercover in the Global Sex Trade
17th September 2010 | 0 Comments
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http://www.sunypress.edu/p-4934-critical-transnational-feminist.aspx Summary Investigates the theory and practice of transnational feminist approaches to scholarship and activism. Provocative, timely, and global, this volume offers a critical and grounded engagement with transnational feminism throughthe lens of praxis—the juncture of theory and practice. In so doing, it grapples with questions of power and representation while remaining deeply committed to […]
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A new AK Press book titled “Uses of a Whirlwind” looks at current radical movements in the US. Whirlwinds includes contributions from Malav Kanuga (Bluestockings Books & Activism Center), Direct Action to Stop the War, Roadblock Earth First!, Starbucks Workers Union, Marina Karides (United States Social Forum), Student/Farmworker Alliance, City Life/Vida Urbana, Picture the Homeless, […]
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*They Used to Call Us Witches: Chilean Exiles, Culture, and Feminism* By Julie Shayne *ABOUT THE BOOK* They Used to Call Us Witches is an informative, highly readable account of the role played by Chilean women exiles during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet from 1973-1990. Through the use of extensive interviews, sociologist Julie Shayne […]
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Here is another book that just made it onto my wish list! Kate S. brought it to my attention. I wonder if the Toronto Women’s Bookstore can order it for me. At the moment I am polishing my methodology chapter so I can surely use this book to broaden my thinking of the power laden […]
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Irma just shared this new book reference…. Book review: http://www.antropologi.info/blog/anthropology/
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Book Launch Event with Mark Hathaway The Tao of Liberation: Exploring the Ecology of Transformation Written by Mark Hathaway and Leonardo Boff with forward by Fritjof Capra Tuesday, November 24 at 7:30 PM 7th Floor Lounge, OISE, 252 Bloor St. W., Toronto (St. George Subway) Today, humanity stands at an historic crossroads. Deepening poverty and […]
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NEW BOOK BY CSEW RESEARCHERS – IMMIGRANT WORKERS FIGHT BACK Fight Back: Workplace Justice for Immigrants by Aziz Choudry and Jill Hanley et al. (Fernwood Publishing, 2009; $17.02) source: rabble.ca Fight Back, written by five politically engaged academics who work with Montreal’s Immigrant Workers’ Centre, helps to counter the exploitation of migrant workers by documenting […]
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