Women writing Africa. The eastern region / edited by Amandina Lihamba ... [et al.] New York : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2007.
Call number PL8014 .E22 W66 2007
"The third volume from the Women Writing Africa Project makes a significant contribution to the study of African literature and offers a textured portrait of women's lives in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. These pieces span the centuries from 1711 to 2003, address topics ranging from religion to HIV and represent prose and poetry, fiction and nonfiction, lullabies and protest songs. Marriage is a theme that runs throughout: "A Mother's Advice and Prayer" from 1858 is a nuptial manual in verse, and "I Want a Divorce," taken from a 1922 court record, gives a valuable glimpse of the power struggles between husband and wife..." From Publisher's weekly.
No seat at the table : how corporate governance and law keep women out of the boardroom / Douglas M. Branson. New York : New York University Press, c2007
Call no. HD6054.4 .U6 B73 2007
”This book should be read by anyone interested in advancing to the boardrooms in corporate America. . . . Branson provides interesting discussions on linguistic differences between males and females as well as gender differences in play, along with their implications for success in business. . . . Branson reveals how corporate governance practices hinder women’s career advancement and suggests strategies women should adopt to succeed in the corporate world….Highly recommended.” —Choice
From Black power to hip hop : racism, nationalism, and feminism / Patricia Hill Collins. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006.
Call no. E185.625 .H55 2006
"As the title suggests, Collins's overarching focus is on African American nationalism and feminism between the end of Black Power and the rise of hip hop culture. She offers a lively analysis of "hip hop feminism" espoused by Joan Morgan and other writers. "They see the incongruity of learning about feminism in their college classrooms, yet their response lies not in becoming academics who broker commodified knowledge within the academic marketplace." Also intriguing is her assessment of the divergence within the feminism movement, fueled in part by white feminism's failure to recognize the value of the work women of color do in their communities, resulting in a "colorblind racism" that has taken the place of active discrimination and leaves young African American women torn between an individualistic feminism and a community-oriented black nationalism." -- Publisher's weekly.
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