Cape verdean women and globalization: The politics of gender, culture and resistance

Abstract

Cape Verdean women and globalization explores how globalization affects women in Cape Verde in the twenty-first century. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face, including poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence. They also examine the ways women resist the challenges of globalization, not only in the form of organized political decent, but also as an aspect of everyday life, especially the expression of culture in batuku dancing and Creole language. Using the framework of Patricia Hill Collins' intersectionality theory, and the insights of Amilcar Cabral and Shandra Mohanty, Carter and Aulete conclude that scholars need to look closely at the links among oppression, resistance, culture and gender in order to "see" the lives of women and especially in order to identify the bridges to political change.