Compañeras : Zapatista women's stories / Hilary Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Hilary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--Mexico--History--20th century.

Women.

Women revolutionaries--Mexico--History--20th century.

Women revolutionaries.

Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico).

Women--Political activity.

History.

Mexico.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 335 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Seven Stories Press first edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2015]

Summary:

Compañeras is the untold story of women's involvement in the Zapatista movement, the indigenous rebellion that has inspired grassroots activists around the world for over two decades. Gathered here are the stories of grandmothers, mothers, and daughters who became guerilla insurgents and political leaders, educators, and healers-who worked collectively to construct a new society of dignity and justice. Compañeras shows us how, after centuries of oppression, a few voices of dissent became a force of thousands, how a woman once confined to her kitchen rose to conduct peace negotiations with the Mexican government, and how hundreds of women overcame ingrained hardships to strengthen their communities from within. Book jacket.

Contents:

Mothers and grandmothers

The courage to organize

Rebels on many fronts

Land and freedom

Dialogue and resistance

Women's spaces, women role models

Autonomy

Transformation and evolution

Beyond chiapas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1609805879

9781609805876

OCLC:

883510457