Isabelle V Barker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4258839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabelle V Barker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabelle V |
| FAMILY NAME | Barker |
| SIGNATURE | BARKER I V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bryn Mawr College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
(Re)Producing American Soldiers in an Age of Empire
This chapter explores the division of reproductive labor on US military bases in Iraq following “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Due in part to the privatization of services associated with reproductive labor, the vast majority of vital support service labor came to be outsourced and performed by men migrating from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Nepal, and Pakistan. This division builds on a long tradition of gendered narratives framing…
(Re)Producing American Soldiers in an Age of Empire
While there has been little data gathered as to the presence of migrant workers in service occupations on U.S. military bases in Iraq, the data that do exist along with anecdotal evidence gathered by journalists suggest that the division of reproductive labor on military bases reflects an underexplored axis in the global organization of social reproductive labor. Due in part to the privatization of these services, the vast majority of vital suppo…
Charismatic Economies
Pentecostalism is one of the world’s fastest growing religions, expanding most quickly in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of Asia. To make sense of this expansion in so many developing regions, I suggest that Pentecostalism fosters norms and behaviors that harmonize with neoliberal economic restructuring. I frame this theoretically with Polanyi’s notion of double movement. In our current era of weakened state governance vis-à-vis neo…
Contentious Traditions
Charismatic Economies
Pentecostalism is one of the world’s fastest growing religions, expanding most quickly in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of Asia. To make sense of this expansion in so many developing regions, I suggest that Pentecostalism fosters norms and behaviors that harmonize with neoliberal economic restructuring. I frame this theoretically with Polanyi’s notion of double movement. In our current era of weakened state governance vis-à-vis neo…
(Re)Producing American Soldiers in an Age of Empire
While there has been little data gathered as to the presence of migrant workers in service occupations on U.S. military bases in Iraq, the data that do exist along with anecdotal evidence gathered by journalists suggest that the division of reproductive labor on military bases reflects an underexplored axis in the global organization of social reproductive labor. Due in part to the privatization of these services, the vast majority of vital suppo…
Contentious Traditions
Charismatic Economies
Pentecostalism is one of the world’s fastest growing religions, expanding most quickly in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of Asia. To make sense of this expansion in so many developing regions, I suggest that Pentecostalism fosters norms and behaviors that harmonize with neoliberal economic restructuring. I frame this theoretically with Polanyi’s notion of double movement. In our current era of weakened state governance vis-à-vis neo…
(Re)Producing American Soldiers in an Age of Empire
While there has been little data gathered as to the presence of migrant workers in service occupations on U.S. military bases in Iraq, the data that do exist along with anecdotal evidence gathered by journalists suggest that the division of reproductive labor on military bases reflects an underexplored axis in the global organization of social reproductive labor. Due in part to the privatization of these services, the vast majority of vital suppo…
(Re)Producing American Soldiers in an Age of Empire
This chapter explores the division of reproductive labor on US military bases in Iraq following “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Due in part to the privatization of services associated with reproductive labor, the vast majority of vital support service labor came to be outsourced and performed by men migrating from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Nepal, and Pakistan. This division builds on a long tradition of gendered narratives framing…
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