Palenqueras and the Trap of Visibility
By Maria Fernanda Escallón, Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology
By Maria Fernanda Escallón, Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology
by Mayra Bottaro, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages
by Alaí Reyes-Santos, Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, and
Ana-Maurine Lara, Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
by Nicole Giuliani, Assistant Professor, School Psychology Program
Interviewed by Michelle McKinley, CSWS Director and Professor, School of Law, and Alice Evans, CSWS Managing Editor
With a new book forthcoming from Cambridge University Press, Angela Joya is pressing forward with more projects focused on the Middle East and North Africa. An assistant professor in the UO Department of International Studies, Joya was born in Afghanistan, lived for twelve years as a refugee in Pakistan, and immigrated with her family to Canada when she was sixteen.
Q :Tell us about your book project.
An anthropological study of female workers in the global apparel industry in Bangladesh uncovers a zero-sum game. Aged out by 40 with worn-out bodies and younger workers ready to take their place, women often have little or no savings to sustain them.
by Lamia Karim, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
by Alisa Freedman, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
by Faith Barter, Assistant Professor, Department of English
by Diana Garvin, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages
by Kristin Yarris, Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies