This book?employs critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about women's lives in the era of twenty-first century globalization. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face such as poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence.About this Book Snapshots of History and Life in Cape Verde Insiders and Outsiders Exploring Cape Verde Cape Verde in a Global Economy She Works Hard for a Living Confronting Violence Batuku Dance as Resistance Language as Resistance Everyday Acts of Resistance Bibliography Appendix A-E Interview Tables IndexKATHERINE CARTER is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Kurdistan-Hawler,?Northern Iraq. ? JUDY AULETTE is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of North Carolina, USA.