Women, Power, and Dissent in the Hills of Carolina
by Mary K. Anglin
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"A fascinating and important study of the women of the Mica industry in Western North Carolina. It begins with an impressive run-down of the context for the industry, then gets into some concrete life histories and ends with a section putting it all in the context of academic anthropology." -- George Brosi, Appalachian HeritageADVANCE PRAISE"There is no comparable work on the mica industry in Appalachian studies. . . . Anglin breaks new ground in exploring how gender, kinship, and social show more class interact to specify women's political experience, action, and consciousness." -- Stephen Lynn Fisher, editor of Fighting Back in Appalachia: Traditions of Resistance and Change"Unlike other Appalachian ethnographies, Anglin's book focuses on an industry rather than a community and closely follows the lives of specific individuals, rather than creating global characterizations of lifeways." -- Jane H. Adams, author of The Transformation of Rural Life:Southern Illinois, 1890-1990 show lessTags
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Mary K. Anglin is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Kentucky and the author of numerous articles on women's studies, women's health, anthropology, rural Appalachia, and labor history
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- Nonfiction, Anthropology, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Economics, History
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- 305.420975 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Women Social role and status of women Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography North America
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- HQ1438 .A14 .A64 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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