Joanna Swanger
Biographic Data
| ID | 1012480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanna Swanger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Swanger |
| SIGNATURE | SWANGER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Earlham College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fires on the Border
Hennessy, Rosemary (2013) Fires on the Border: The Passionate Politics of Labor Organizing on the Mexican Frontera, University of Minnesota Press (Minneapolis, MN and London), xxvi + 301 pp. $75.00 hbk. $25.00 pbk. Rosemary Hennessy offers a treatment of a well-known phenomenon, but one that has not often been well articulated and has only recently begun to be theorised: the complicated role of affect in social change movements. She addresses thi…
A History of the Cuban Revolution - by Chomsky, Aviva
Empire of Law and Indian Justice in Colonial Mexico ‐ by Owensby, Brian P
Troublesome Border - by Martínez, Oscar J
Feminist Community Building in Ciudad Juárez
Globalization and violence against women and children are processes of dehumanization and manifestations of alienation. Casa Amiga, a feminist organization in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, is creating a local alternative to globalization through working to restore a sense of empowerment and multidimensional humanity-through community building. The small-scale "culture of solidarity" that Casa Amiga is constructing is in direct opposition to the narrow r…
Recommended Books
Labor in the Americas
Recently, practitioners in the fields of history, economics, anthropology, sociology, and geography have contributed a wealth of works dedicated to trying to comprehend, if not resolve, the seeming contradictions presented by contemporary phenomena relating to boundaries as they exist in a "globalized" world. Such contradictions include the undercutting of the sovereignty of nation-states through transnational institutions such as the World Trade…
Forthcoming in Volume 38 Number 2
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Laboring in ''borderless'' world
This essay explores the meaning of ''globalization'' and places the current setting of the Mexico-U.S. border in historical context with reference to the process of ''globalization.'' It argues that if the current phase of capitalism merits the new label of ''globalization,'' it does so for reasons related to the new magnitude of corporate power. Transnational corporations have the power to undermine national sovereignty and the legitimacy of pol…
Feminist Community Building in Ciudad Juárez
Globalization and violence against women and children are processes of dehumanization and manifestations of alienation. Casa Amiga, a feminist organization in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, is creating a local alternative to globalization through working to restore a sense of empowerment and multidimensional humanity-through community building. The small-scale "culture of solidarity" that Casa Amiga is constructing is in direct opposition to the narrow r…
Laboring in ''borderless'' world
This essay explores the meaning of ''globalization'' and places the current setting of the Mexico-U.S. border in historical context with reference to the process of ''globalization.'' It argues that if the current phase of capitalism merits the new label of ''globalization,'' it does so for reasons related to the new magnitude of corporate power. Transnational corporations have the power to undermine national sovereignty and the legitimacy of pol…
Laboring in ''borderless'' world
This essay explores the meaning of ''globalization'' and places the current setting of the Mexico-U.S. border in historical context with reference to the process of ''globalization.'' It argues that if the current phase of capitalism merits the new label of ''globalization,'' it does so for reasons related to the new magnitude of corporate power. Transnational corporations have the power to undermine national sovereignty and the legitimacy of pol…
Labor in the Americas
Recently, practitioners in the fields of history, economics, anthropology, sociology, and geography have contributed a wealth of works dedicated to trying to comprehend, if not resolve, the seeming contradictions presented by contemporary phenomena relating to boundaries as they exist in a "globalized" world. Such contradictions include the undercutting of the sovereignty of nation-states through transnational institutions such as the World Trade…
Forthcoming in Volume 38 Number 2
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Recommended Books
Feminist Community Building in Ciudad Juárez
Globalization and violence against women and children are processes of dehumanization and manifestations of alienation. Casa Amiga, a feminist organization in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, is creating a local alternative to globalization through working to restore a sense of empowerment and multidimensional humanity-through community building. The small-scale "culture of solidarity" that Casa Amiga is constructing is in direct opposition to the narrow r…
Troublesome Border - by Martínez, Oscar J
Empire of Law and Indian Justice in Colonial Mexico ‐ by Owensby, Brian P
A History of the Cuban Revolution - by Chomsky, Aviva
Fires on the Border
Hennessy, Rosemary (2013) Fires on the Border: The Passionate Politics of Labor Organizing on the Mexican Frontera, University of Minnesota Press (Minneapolis, MN and London), xxvi + 301 pp. $75.00 hbk. $25.00 pbk. Rosemary Hennessy offers a treatment of a well-known phenomenon, but one that has not often been well articulated and has only recently begun to be theorised: the complicated role of affect in social change movements. She addresses thi…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Globalization (3 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Capitalism (2 works)