The autobiography of María Elena Moyano : the life and death of a Peruvian activist / edited and annotated by Diana Miloslavich Túpac ; translation, prologue and afterword by Patricia S. Taylor Edmisten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moyano, María Elena, 1958-1992, author.

Contributor:

Gift in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps (Library of Congress), Content Provider.

Miloslavich Túpac, Diana, editor.

Edmisten, Patricia Taylor, translator.

Standardized Title:

María Elena Moyano. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moyano, María Elena, 1958-1992.

Moyano, María Elena.

Women social reformers--Peru--Villa El Salvador--Biography.

Women social reformers.

Feminists--Peru--Villa El Salvador--Biography.

Feminists.

Villa El Salvador (Peru)--Social conditions.

Villa El Salvador (Peru).

Lima (Peru)--Social conditions.

Lima (Peru).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

''Moyano's life exemplifies the overwhelming obstacles that poor barrio women experience not only in Peru but also in other third world countries. This autobiographical book adds important information to several different disciplines: Latin American politics, feminism, sociology, and current Peruvian history.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Editor's Preface ix; Acknowledgments xi; Translator's Preface xiii; Chronology xv; Prologue; Women in Peru: A History of Struggle and Courage 3; María Elena Moyano: The Life and Death of a Peruvian Activist 23; Part One; Part Two; Afterword 91; Notes 95; Selected Bibliography 101; Index 105

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [101]-104) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-3098-6

OCLC:

476046121