The Puerto Rican woman : perspectives on culture, history, and society / edited by Edna Acosta-Belén.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Acosta-Belén, Edna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Puerto Rico.

Women.

Women--Puerto Rico--Social conditions.

Feminism--Puerto Rico.

Feminism.

Feminisme, Porto Rico.

Femme, Porto Rico.

Travail, Femme, Porto Rico.

Women--Social conditions.

Puerto Rico.

Local Subjects:

Feminisme, Porto Rico.

Femme, Porto Rico.

Travail, Femme, Porto Rico.

Physical Description:

xii, 212 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Praeger, 1986.

Contents:

Puerto Rican women in culture, history, and society / Edna Acosta-Belén

The development of capitalism in Puerto Rico and the incorporation of women into the labor force / Marcia Rivera

The history of women's struggle for equality in Puerto Rico / Isabel Picó

Women as workers : the experience of the Puerto Rican woman in the 1930s / Blanca Silvestrini

Feminism and its influence on women's organizations in Puerto Rico / Norma Valle Ferrer

Female employment and the social reproduction of the Puerto Rican working class / Helen I. Safa

The effects of role expectations on the marital status of urban Puerto Rican women / Maria Muñoz Vázquez

Ideology and images of women in contemporary Puerto Rican literature / Edna Acosta-Belén

Puerto Rican women in the United States : an overview / Christine E. Rose

The forgotten migrant : educated Puerto Rican women in New York City, 1920-1940 / Virginia Sánchez Korrol

The Black Puerto Rican woman in contemporary American society / Angela Jorge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-208) and index.

British Library not licensed to copy 0.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Puerto Rican woman.

ISBN:

0275921336

9780275921330

0275921344

9780275921347

OCLC:

13760635