Charmaine Pereira
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3856384 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Charmaine Pereira |
| PRENOMES | Charmaine |
| SOBRENOME | Pereira |
| ASSINATURA | PEREIRA C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Yahoo (United Kingdom) |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 17 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1997 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Jacketed Women
In 2004, the African Gender Institute ran a continental research project, Mapping Sexualities, among the objectives of which was the development of a research methodology suited to carrying out in-depth case studies of the dynamics of gender and contemporary sexual cultures in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. This book is the result of that research. The chapters cover broad-ranging issues and include questions about what it means to rese…
Knowledge, activism and institutions for Africa’s transformation
This essay examines ways in which selected texts in Takyiwaa Manuh’s scholarship treat the themes of knowledge, power and institutions with a focus on their role in Africa’s transformation. The range of Manuh’s scholarship covered includes her earlier work on how the political power of the Convention People’s Party was used to advance Ghanaian women’s participation in public affairs and African Unity; her later work on universities as institution…
Beyond the Spectacular
The aim of this essay is to interrogate gender relations in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency in a way that recognizes continuities as well as discontinuities across multiple dimensions of social relations. The essay begins by outlining the changing trajectory of the Boko Haram insurgency and scholarly efforts to understand it as a social phenomenon. The second section discusses how research and media recognition of Boko Haram's violence in r…
Changing Narratives of Sexuality
Changing Narratives of Sexuality examines the tensions and contradictions in constructions of gender, sexuality and women's empowerment in the various narrations of sexuality told by and about women. From storytelling to women's engagement with state institutions, stories of unmarried women and ageing women, a sex scandal and narrations of religious influence on women's subjectivities and sexualities, this impressive collection explores sexuality…
Le corps des femmes, terrain d'entente de l'islam et du christianisme au Nigeria
Cet article explore les fondements idéologiques communs de l’islam et du christianisme au Nigeria en matière de genre et de sexualité. Le corps des femmes constitue un élément clé dans la définition des normes sociales et des pratiques de telle ou telle confession. On examinera ici l’interaction entre religion et politique au travers d’un contexte historique et d’exemples concrets. Pour la droite religieuse, musulmane ou chrétienne, le corps des …
On the Bodies of Women
This article explores the common ideological ground between Islam and Christianity in Nigeria, in the ways in which gender and sexuality are configured in relation to women's bodies. The latter constitute key sites for the inscription of social norms and practices inherent in particular interpretations of religion. We proceed by examining the interplay between religion and politics in historical context and in specific concrete instances. While t…
Appropriating ‘Gender’ and ‘Empowerment’
Setting Agendas for Feminist Thought and Practice in Nigeria
Domesticating women? Gender, religion and the state in Nigeria under colonial and military rule1
What are the linkages between gender, religion and democracy in a postcolonial state such as Nigeria? What impact has authoritarian rule had on the possibilities of women exercising democratic agen
Configuring "Global," "National," and "Local" in Governance Agendas and Women's Struggles in Nigeria
GLOBALIZATION—the apparent integration of the world into a single economic space through the redistribution of labor and capital across the political boundaries of nation-states—is often represented as an inevitable and irreversible phase of capitalism. The globalization of production and consumption by transnational corporations, actively assisted by the international financial institutions (the IMF and the World Bank) and the World Trade Organi…
Community Care
Introduction - COMMUNITY - Introduction - Anthology: The Breadth of Community C.Pereira - Representations of Community J.Bornat - Women and Community F.Williams - A Women's Health Group in Mansfield J.Finch - Neighbourhood Care and Social Policy: Extracts R.Snaith - Neighbours S.Croft & P.Beresford - Two Views of Community Service: Reflections of a Voluntary Worker M.Simey - Community as Service E.& S.Yeo - CARE - Introduction - An Anthology: Car…
Appropriating ‘Gender’ and ‘Empowerment’
Configuring "Global," "National," and "Local" in Governance Agendas and Women's Struggles in Nigeria
GLOBALIZATION—the apparent integration of the world into a single economic space through the redistribution of labor and capital across the political boundaries of nation-states—is often represented as an inevitable and irreversible phase of capitalism. The globalization of production and consumption by transnational corporations, actively assisted by the international financial institutions (the IMF and the World Bank) and the World Trade Organi…
On the Bodies of Women
This article explores the common ideological ground between Islam and Christianity in Nigeria, in the ways in which gender and sexuality are configured in relation to women's bodies. The latter constitute key sites for the inscription of social norms and practices inherent in particular interpretations of religion. We proceed by examining the interplay between religion and politics in historical context and in specific concrete instances. While t…
Beyond the Spectacular
The aim of this essay is to interrogate gender relations in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency in a way that recognizes continuities as well as discontinuities across multiple dimensions of social relations. The essay begins by outlining the changing trajectory of the Boko Haram insurgency and scholarly efforts to understand it as a social phenomenon. The second section discusses how research and media recognition of Boko Haram's violence in r…
Setting Agendas for Feminist Thought and Practice in Nigeria
Domesticating women? Gender, religion and the state in Nigeria under colonial and military rule1
What are the linkages between gender, religion and democracy in a postcolonial state such as Nigeria? What impact has authoritarian rule had on the possibilities of women exercising democratic agen
Community Care
Introduction - COMMUNITY - Introduction - Anthology: The Breadth of Community C.Pereira - Representations of Community J.Bornat - Women and Community F.Williams - A Women's Health Group in Mansfield J.Finch - Neighbourhood Care and Social Policy: Extracts R.Snaith - Neighbours S.Croft & P.Beresford - Two Views of Community Service: Reflections of a Voluntary Worker M.Simey - Community as Service E.& S.Yeo - CARE - Introduction - An Anthology: Car…
Configuring "Global," "National," and "Local" in Governance Agendas and Women's Struggles in Nigeria
GLOBALIZATION—the apparent integration of the world into a single economic space through the redistribution of labor and capital across the political boundaries of nation-states—is often represented as an inevitable and irreversible phase of capitalism. The globalization of production and consumption by transnational corporations, actively assisted by the international financial institutions (the IMF and the World Bank) and the World Trade Organi…
Domesticating women? Gender, religion and the state in Nigeria under colonial and military rule1
What are the linkages between gender, religion and democracy in a postcolonial state such as Nigeria? What impact has authoritarian rule had on the possibilities of women exercising democratic agen
Appropriating ‘Gender’ and ‘Empowerment’
Setting Agendas for Feminist Thought and Practice in Nigeria
On the Bodies of Women
This article explores the common ideological ground between Islam and Christianity in Nigeria, in the ways in which gender and sexuality are configured in relation to women's bodies. The latter constitute key sites for the inscription of social norms and practices inherent in particular interpretations of religion. We proceed by examining the interplay between religion and politics in historical context and in specific concrete instances. While t…
Le corps des femmes, terrain d'entente de l'islam et du christianisme au Nigeria
Cet article explore les fondements idéologiques communs de l’islam et du christianisme au Nigeria en matière de genre et de sexualité. Le corps des femmes constitue un élément clé dans la définition des normes sociales et des pratiques de telle ou telle confession. On examinera ici l’interaction entre religion et politique au travers d’un contexte historique et d’exemples concrets. Pour la droite religieuse, musulmane ou chrétienne, le corps des …
Changing Narratives of Sexuality
Changing Narratives of Sexuality examines the tensions and contradictions in constructions of gender, sexuality and women's empowerment in the various narrations of sexuality told by and about women. From storytelling to women's engagement with state institutions, stories of unmarried women and ageing women, a sex scandal and narrations of religious influence on women's subjectivities and sexualities, this impressive collection explores sexuality…
Beyond the Spectacular
The aim of this essay is to interrogate gender relations in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency in a way that recognizes continuities as well as discontinuities across multiple dimensions of social relations. The essay begins by outlining the changing trajectory of the Boko Haram insurgency and scholarly efforts to understand it as a social phenomenon. The second section discusses how research and media recognition of Boko Haram's violence in r…
Knowledge, activism and institutions for Africa’s transformation
This essay examines ways in which selected texts in Takyiwaa Manuh’s scholarship treat the themes of knowledge, power and institutions with a focus on their role in Africa’s transformation. The range of Manuh’s scholarship covered includes her earlier work on how the political power of the Convention People’s Party was used to advance Ghanaian women’s participation in public affairs and African Unity; her later work on universities as institution…
Jacketed Women
In 2004, the African Gender Institute ran a continental research project, Mapping Sexualities, among the objectives of which was the development of a research methodology suited to carrying out in-depth case studies of the dynamics of gender and contemporary sexual cultures in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. This book is the result of that research. The chapters cover broad-ranging issues and include questions about what it means to rese…
Political science (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Gender Studies (9 obras) · Law (7 obras) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (5 obras) · Politics (5 obras) · Empowerment (3 obras) · Human sexuality (3 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2 obras)