Las mujeres : conversations from a Hispanic community / by Nan Elsasser, Kyle MacKenzie, Yvonne Tixier y Vigil ; photographs by Susan Trowbridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elsasser, Nan, 1945-

MacKenzie, Kyle, author.

Tixier y Vigil, Yvonne, author.

Series:

Women's lives, women's work

Women's lives, women's work.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American women--New Mexico--Biography.

Hispanic American women.

Social conditions.

New Mexico.

Hispanic American women--New Mexico--Social conditions.

New Mexico--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 162 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Old Westbury (N.Y.) : Feminist Press ; New York : McGraw-Hill, [1980]

Summary:

B B B Diverse and often divergent, the voices in this oral history of four generations of New Mexican-Hispanic women challenge myths and stereotypes. Twenty-one women recall life experiences spanning a period from the time New Mexico was a Spanish-speaking territory to the present. Central to the women's lives are the shift from a rural to an urban environment; the struggle to preserve culture and traditions; changes in family relations; efforts to cope with discrimination; the striving for education, jobs, and careers; service to family and community; and dedication to social change.

Notes:

Consists chiefly of interviews (some in both English and Spanish)

Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.

ISBN:

0912670843

OCLC:

6602135