How to belong : women's agency in a transnational world / Belinda Stillion Southard.

Author/Creator:

Stillion Southard, Belinda A., 1978- author.

Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]

Series:

Rhetoric and democratic deliberation
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation

Format/Description:

Book
x, 148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subjects:

Women civic leaders.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
Belonging (Social psychology)
Transnationalism.

Summary:

"Explores the question of how women craft meaningful "belonging" to national, regional, and global communities when belonging as a citizen becomes untenable. Evaluates the rhetorical practices that enable alternative belongings, such as denizenship, cosmopolitan nationalism, and transnational connectivity"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : rhetorics of belonging in a transnational world
Belonging as denizenship : peace women and regional dwelling
Belonging as cosmopolitanism : Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's new nationalism
Belonging as connectivity : Michelle Bachelet's transnational governance
Conclusion : how to belong (or not) to the nation-state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271082004
0271082003
0271108207
9780271108209
0271082011
9780271082011

OCLC:

1034597291

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