Abstract
These remarks were delivered at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (24-27 March 1999, Washington, DC) for a panel on the rule of law vs. cultural authority. The reality for working-class Afro-Caribbean women migrants (called "lionheart gals" by one Caribbean feminist organization) is that both "the rule of law" and "cultural authority" can enhance, or undermine, the protection of fundamental human rights. For lionheart gals, the choice is not between a liberating rule of law and a static, cocoonlike cultural authority. For them, the primary imperative is to use law and culture in a creative struggle for survival against the onslaught of racism, sexism, poverty, nativism and globalization.
Keywords
Lionheart gals, Afro-Caribbean, migrants, violence, feminism, discrimination, household workers, racism, sexism, poverty, nativism
Subject Categories
Human rights, Globalization, Women, Immigrants
Disciplines
Human Rights Law | Women
Publisher
American Society of International Law
Publication Date
2000
Rights Information
Author retains copyright
Rights Holder
Hope Lewis
Permanent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001060
Recommended Citation
Lewis, Hope, ""Culturing" survival : Afro-Caribbean migrant culture and the human rights of women under globalization" (2000). School of Law Faculty Publications. Paper 17. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001060
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Notes
Originally published in Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Meeting on Violence, Money, Power and Culture: Review the Internationalist Legacy, (Mar. 24-27, 1999, Washington, D.C.), p. 374.