Come hell or high water : : feminism and the legacy of armed conflict in Central America / / by Tine Destrooper.

In Come Hell or High Water: Feminism and the Legacy of Armed Conflict in Central America , Tine Destrooper analyzes the political projects of feminist activists in light of their experience as former revolutionaries. She compares the Guatemalan and Nicaraguan experience to underline the importance o...

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Superior document:Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 63
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 63.
Physical Description:1 online resource (318 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • A Social History of the Women’s Movement in Guatemala and Nicaragua
  • Social Movement Spillover and Organizational Learning in the Post-Conflict Women’s Movement
  • Is There a Real Women’s Movement? Cooperation, Fragmentation and Divisions in the Movement
  • Shifting Paradigms: Womanhood as a Political Strategy
  • Revisiting Mainstream Feminist Approaches: A New Framework for Feminist Activism
  • Indigenous Feminism and Its Experience-Based Approach to Women’s Empowerment
  • The Socio-Political Value of an Experience-Based Approach: Rethinking Strategies of Collective Action
  • Conclusion: New Perspectives for Female Mobilization
  • Appendix: Alphabetical Overview of Interviewees
  • Bibliography
  • Alphabetical Index.