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Jocelyn Olcott

Professor of History
History
Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
314 Classroom Bldg, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
Office hours Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. or by appointment  

Scholarly Works - Book sections


The gender of modernization and the modernization of gender: Latin America and the Caribbean since 1914

Book section · November 27, 2020 This chapter opens in the middle of a revolution. The Mexican revolution exploded as long-standing issues such as land tenure and labor practices boiled over once concerns about suffrage and presidential succession were thrown into the cauldron of grievanc ... Full text Cite

Mirrors, paintings, and romances

Book section · January 1, 2019 This chapter is concerned with questions of pedagogy and power as they are played out in the context of Cultural Studies taught within an Adult Education (AE) programme across several European countries. The linguistic diversity of the AE workers of Barcel ... Full text Cite

The Battle within the Home

Book section · May 1, 2011 Transnational labor history-and labor history more generally-has focused overwhelmingly on commodified labor, but the vast majority of the labor performed by women historically has been uncommodified. Most of this labor falls under the rubric of reproducti ... Full text Cite