Gendered Citizenships : Transnational Perspectives on Knowledge Production, Political Activism, and Culture

Drawing on ethnographic research with underrepresented communities in the Caribbean, Europe, South America, and the United States, this wide-ranging anthology examines the gendered dimensions of citizenship experiences and uses them as a point of departure for rethinking contemporary practices of social inclusion and national belonging.

Introduction: Collectivity and Comparativity: A Feminist Approach to Citizenship; Gender and Cultural Citizenship Inter-University Working Group PART I: ACTIVISM AND ORGANIZING Gender and Citizenship: Teorías in Practice in Immigrant Women''s Community Organization in San Francisco; K.Coll Black Women, Cultural Citizenship, and the Struggle for Social Justice in Brazil; K.L.Caldwell Zones of Autonomy: Gendered Cultural Citizenship and Indigenous Women''s Organizing in Mexico; M.Blackwell PART II: GENDER, DIASPORA, AND TRANSNATIONALISM Inappropriate/Appropriated Feelings: The Gendered Construction of Transnational Citizenship; F.Besserer The Globalization of Care: Gender Inequalities in the New Economy; R.Salazar Parreñas Queen of the Chinese Colony: Contesting Ethnicity& Nation among Chinese in Central America and Panama; L.Siu PART III: NARRATIVES OF BELONGING Gender, College, and Cultural Citizenship: A Case Study of Mexican-Heritage Students in Higher Education; R.Benmayor Gender, Belonging, and Native American Women: The Activism of Cecelia Fire Thunder and Sarah Deer; R.K.Ramirez Sex in the Nation: White Women, Brown Babies, and the Politics of Belonging; T.Fisher