Women and social movements in Latin America : power from below / Lynn Stephen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephen, Lynn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in development--Latin America--Case studies.

Women in development.

Social movements--Latin America--Case studies.

Social movements.

Feminism--Latin America--Case studies.

Feminism.

Women's rights--Latin America--Case studies.

Women's rights.

Women--Latin America--Interviews.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 332 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997.

Summary:

"This innovative, comparative study explores six cases of women's grassroots activism in Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil, and Chile. Lynn Stephen communicates the ideas, experiences, and perceptions of women who participate in collective action, while she explains the structural conditions and ideological discourses that set the context within which women act and interpret their experiences. She includes revealing interviews with activists, detailed histories of organizations and movements, and a theoretical discussion of gender, collective identity, and feminist anthropology and methods."--Jacket.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction: Gender and Politics, Experience and Structure

pt. 1. El Salvador. Ch. 2. Women's Rights Are Human Rights: The Merging of Feminine and Feminist Interests among El Salvador's Mothers of the Disappeared (CO-MADRES). Ch. 3. Women for Dignity and Life: The Emergence of Feminisms from El Salvador's Revolutionary Left

Interview: Morena Herrera

Women for Dignity and Life

pt. II. Mexico. Ch. 4. The Politics of Urban Survival: The Women's Regional Council of the CONAMUP, Mexico

Interview: Irene Soto

Women's Regional Council of the CONAMUP. Ch. 5. The Unintended Consequences of "Traditional" Women's Organizing: The Women's Council of the Lazaro Cardenas Ejido Union, Nayarit

Interview: Dona Kata Moreno and Aurora Cruz

Lazaro Cardenas Ejido Union

pt. III. Brazil. Ch. 6. Class, Gender, and Autonomy: The Rural Women Workers' Movement of Southern Brazil

Interview: Gessi Bones and Marlene Pasquali

Rural Women Worker's Movement

pt. IV. Chile. Ch. 7. Sweet and Sour Grapes: The Struggles of Seasonal Women Workers in Chile

Interview: Antonia Gomez

Industry Union of Seasonal and Permanent Workers of Santa Maria. Ch. 8. Conclusions: Women in Action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-318) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79989-6

OCLC:

614536631