Women and Social Movements in Latin America : : Power from Below / / Lynn Stephen.

Women's grassroots activism in Latin America combines a commitment to basic survival for women and their children with a challenge to women's subordination to men. Women activists insist that issues such as rape, battering, and reproductive control cannot be divorced from women's conc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1997
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1 Introduction
  • PART I EL SALVADOR
  • CHAPTER 2 Women's Rights Are Human Rights
  • CHAPTER 3 Women for Dignity and Life
  • INTERVIEW Women for Dignity and Life
  • PART II MEXICO
  • CHAPTER 4 The Politics of Urban Survival
  • INTERVIEW Women's Regional Council of the CONAMUP
  • CHAPTER 5 The Unintended Consequences of "Traditional" Women's Organizing
  • INTERVIEW Lázaro Cárdenas Ejido Union
  • PART III BRAZIL
  • CHAPTER 6 Class, Gender, and Autonomy
  • INTERVIEW Rural Women Workers7 Movement
  • PART IV CHILE
  • CHAPTER 7 Sweet and Sour Grapes
  • INTERVIEW Interindustry Union of Seasonal and Permanent Workers of Santa María
  • CHAPTER 8 Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index