Women and Education in Latin America : : Knowledge, Power, and Change /

Women and Education in Latin America : : Knowledge, Power, and Change / / Nelly P. Stromquist.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Stromquist, Nelly P.,
MitwirkendeR:
Bonder, Gloria,
Braslavsky, Cecilia,
Catanzarite, Lisa,
Cortina, Regina,
Fink, Marcy,
Mendiola, Haydée M.,
Rosemberg, Fulvia,
Sara-Lafosse, Violeta,
Schmukler, Beatriz,
Stromquist, Nelly P.,
Valdes, Ximena,
Viveros, Elena,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©1992
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Women and Change in the Developing World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I Education, the State, and the Economy
  • 1 Women and Literacy in Latin America
  • 2 Education, Democratization, and Inequality in Brazil
  • 3 Educational Legitimation of Women's Economic Subordination in Argentina
  • 4 Gender, Education, and Employment in Central America: Whose Work Counts?
  • PART 2 Women and the Formal Education System
  • 5 Coeducational Settings and Educational and Social Outcomes in Peru
  • 6 Gender and Power in the Teachers' Union of Mexico
  • 7 Gender Inequalities and the Expansion of Higher Education in Costa Rica
  • 8 Feminist Reflections on the Politics of the Peruvian University
  • PART 3 Adult Women and Educational Efforts
  • 9 Women and Popular Education in Latin America
  • 10 Vocational Training and Job Opportunities for Women in Northeast Brazil
  • PART 4 Making Changes
  • 11 Altering Sexual Stereotypes Through Teacher Training
  • 12 Women and the Microsocial Democratization of Everyday Life
  • 13 The Women's Rural School: An Empowering Educational Experience
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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