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Under the Shade of the Guamúchil : Life Stories of Indigenous and Peasant Women in Prison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aída Hernández, Rosalva.
- Series:
- Carceral Studies
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2025.
- Summary:
- A powerful account of imprisoned indigenous and mestizo women, exposing the injustices of a system that perpetuates exclusion and poverty.
- Contents:
- FrontCover
- Half-Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Acknowledgements
- Abstract
- General learning objective
- Table of Contents
- You no longer sing for me at night
- Introduction: Stories of exclusion
- Under the shade of the guamúchil
- 1 Flor de Nochebuena: You were born women, resign yourselves
- A woman with a lot of fear
- Today I face pain with courage
- 2 Altagracia: I agreed to do it, despite my fear
- A beautiful school
- 3 Morelitos: Their word against mine
- Immortal legacy
- In memory of Morelitos
- 4 Leo: A swan's dreams in the swamp
- I am your daughter
- 5 Luz: Watching life go by from a wheelchair
- Sisters in the shadow
- 6 Perla Negra: Since I was born, violence has been part of my life
- With pen and paper
- 7 Sol: You have just lost everything. May God bless you!
- The wronged lover
- To the left of God
- 8 Martha Elena: Prison taught me who I was
- Opening windows
- Galia Tonella
- My mother tongue
- Martha Elena Bermudez
- 9 Victoria: My grandmother's curse has followed me
- Privileged
- Our own books
- 10 María: I am innocent
- María
- I'm going far away
- My pretty girl
- Rosa Salazar
- The shade of guamúchil
- 11 Eva: I don't want any more scars
- Honor every word
- Amatista Lee
- Prisons without walls
- 12 Rosalba: The protection of the wrong man
- Birth of talent
- 13 Tamar: Waiting for divine forgiveness
- Messengers from other worlds
- 14 Epilogue: We remain in the shade of the guamúchil
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-917503-53-9
- 1-917503-52-0
- 9781917503525
- OCLC:
- 1564842776
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