Women and change at the U.S.-Mexico border : mobility, labor, and activism / Doreen J. Mattingly and Ellen R. Hansen, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mattingly, Doreen J., 1962-

Hansen, Ellen R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.

Women--Employment--Mexican-American Border Region.

Women political activists--Mexican-American Border Region.

Women political activists.

Women--Employment.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

viii, 231 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Women and change at the US-Mexico border

Women and change at the United States-Mexico border

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2006]

Contents:

1 Women at the Border: Foundations and Frameworks / Ellen R. Hansen, Doreen J. Mattingly 3

Part 1 Women's Mobility

2 The Unsettling, Gendered Consequences of Migration for Mexican Indigenous Women / Elizabeth Maier 19

3 Women's Daily Mobility at the U.S.-Mexico Border / Ellen R. Hansen 36

4 Abortion in a Transborder Context / Norma Ojeda 53

Part 2 Labor and Empowerment in the Border Region

5 The Changing Gender Composition of the Maquiladora Workforce along the U.S.-Mexico Border / Susan Tiano 73

6 The Roots of Autonomy through Work Participation in the Northern Mexico Border Region / Ana Bergareche 91

7 Domestic Service and International Networks of Caring Labor / Doreen J. Mattingly 103

Part 3 Activist Women Changing the Border

8 Mexican Women's Activism in New Mexico Colonias / Rebecca Dolhinow 125

9 Styles, Strategies, and Issues of Women Leaders at the Border / Irasema Coronado 142

10 Border Women's NGOs and Political Participation in Baja California / Silvia Lopez Estrada 159

11 "Making Believe" and "Willing Partners" in Academics' Activism in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands / Patricia Manning, Janice Monk, Catalina Denman 178.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-223) and index.

ISBN:

0816525285

OCLC:

64335928

Publisher Number:

9780816525287