Re: Race, Nation, and Gender in world-historical perspective

Do you know Colonial Masculinity: the 'manly Englishman" and the 'effeminate
Bengali' in the late nineteenth century, by Mrinalini Sinha.  (from the
blurb:  "study of the politial and cultural significance of masculinity for
the colonial enterprise, ... places masculinity at the center of colonial
and nationalist politics, ... examining colonial masculinity ...within India
and also as framed by and framing political, economic, and ideological
shifts in Britain."  I have read the Introduction, which is excellent, and
which could be included in the readings, even if you do not assign the whole
book.  There is also Ellen Rosen's new book, Making Sweatshops (U. of Calif
Press 2002) which deals with the apparel industry, its relationship to the
nation state and among nation states, from the U.S. to other nations, and
the experience of women as labor, etc.
Roz
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> Khaldoun--I don't have a syllabus to offer, but have you seen the new book
Global Woman:  Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the Global Economy, ed.
Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Hochchild?  I saw it on the new arrivals at
Borders, so I suspect the articles are aimed at a general reader, i.e.
appropriate for students.
>
> Steven Sherman
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