Samuel Week
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Week |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Week |
| SIGNATURE | WEEK S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Symbolism and Resilience in the Aftermath of a Destructive Volcanic Eruption
Longing for "Normal" Post-Fordism: Cape Verdean Labor-Power on a Lisbon Periphery in Crisis
Starting in the late 1970s, Cape Verdean labor-power became indispensable in a number of sectors of the Portuguese economy, no longer merely filling gaps but serving as a vital part of the workforce in key industries such as civil construction and cleaning services. Assuming a central role in the productive process, these largely "low-skilled" immigrants came to form a reserve army of labor in the fragmented service-sector economy of the Lisbon M…
Patricia de Santana Pinho, Mama Africa: Reinventing Blackness in Bahia
In Mama Africa, Brazilian social scientist Patricia de Santana Pinho details the influence that “Africa” has on conceptions of blackness in Bahia, the northeastern Brazilian state with the country’s largest Afro-descendent population and a black culture known for its vibrancy. The receptiveness of Afro-Bahians to black cultural influences from abroad, coupled with the desire of outsiders to project African “tradition” and “purity” onto the state…
Kesha Fikes, Managing African Portugal
Managing African Portugal by US anthropologist Kesha Fikes is an ethnographic account of how Portugal’s mid-1990s economic and social integration into the European Union (EU) fundamentally changed everyday encounters between Portuguese citizens and African immigrants. Fikes’ book is a thoughtful assessment of how colonial legacies impact contemporary social relations in an EU context and is a poignant critique of how government-sponsored “multic…
Longing for "Normal" Post-Fordism: Cape Verdean Labor-Power on a Lisbon Periphery in Crisis
Starting in the late 1970s, Cape Verdean labor-power became indispensable in a number of sectors of the Portuguese economy, no longer merely filling gaps but serving as a vital part of the workforce in key industries such as civil construction and cleaning services. Assuming a central role in the productive process, these largely "low-skilled" immigrants came to form a reserve army of labor in the fragmented service-sector economy of the Lisbon M…
Kesha Fikes, Managing African Portugal
Managing African Portugal by US anthropologist Kesha Fikes is an ethnographic account of how Portugal’s mid-1990s economic and social integration into the European Union (EU) fundamentally changed everyday encounters between Portuguese citizens and African immigrants. Fikes’ book is a thoughtful assessment of how colonial legacies impact contemporary social relations in an EU context and is a poignant critique of how government-sponsored “multic…
Kesha Fikes, Managing African Portugal
Managing African Portugal by US anthropologist Kesha Fikes is an ethnographic account of how Portugal’s mid-1990s economic and social integration into the European Union (EU) fundamentally changed everyday encounters between Portuguese citizens and African immigrants. Fikes’ book is a thoughtful assessment of how colonial legacies impact contemporary social relations in an EU context and is a poignant critique of how government-sponsored “multic…
Patricia de Santana Pinho, Mama Africa: Reinventing Blackness in Bahia
In Mama Africa, Brazilian social scientist Patricia de Santana Pinho details the influence that “Africa” has on conceptions of blackness in Bahia, the northeastern Brazilian state with the country’s largest Afro-descendent population and a black culture known for its vibrancy. The receptiveness of Afro-Bahians to black cultural influences from abroad, coupled with the desire of outsiders to project African “tradition” and “purity” onto the state…
Longing for "Normal" Post-Fordism: Cape Verdean Labor-Power on a Lisbon Periphery in Crisis
Starting in the late 1970s, Cape Verdean labor-power became indispensable in a number of sectors of the Portuguese economy, no longer merely filling gaps but serving as a vital part of the workforce in key industries such as civil construction and cleaning services. Assuming a central role in the productive process, these largely "low-skilled" immigrants came to form a reserve army of labor in the fragmented service-sector economy of the Lisbon M…
Symbolism and Resilience in the Aftermath of a Destructive Volcanic Eruption
Geography (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · China's Global Influence and Migration (1 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (1 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (1 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (1 works) · Geology (1 works) · History (1 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (1 works) · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights (1 works)