03803nam 2200637 a 450 991045013840332120200520144314.00-292-79989-6(CKB)1000000000008636(OCoLC)614536631(CaPaEBR)ebrary10015725(SSID)ssj0000273186(PQKBManifestationID)11206612(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273186(PQKBWorkID)10313086(PQKB)10857967(MiAaPQ)EBC3442964(Au-PeEL)EBL3442964(CaPaEBR)ebr10015725(OCoLC)932313818(EXLCZ)99100000000000863619960926d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWomen and social movements in Latin America[electronic resource] power from below /Lynn Stephen1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press19971 online resource (xviii, 332 pages) illustrations, map0-292-77716-7 0-292-77715-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-318) and index.Ch. 1. Introduction: Gender and Politics, Experience and Structure -- pt. 1. El Salvador. Ch. 2. Women's Rights Are Human Rights: The Merging of Feminine and Feminist Interests among El Salvador's Mothers of the Disappeared (CO-MADRES). Ch. 3. Women for Dignity and Life: The Emergence of Feminisms from El Salvador's Revolutionary Left -- Interview: Morena Herrera -- Women for Dignity and Life -- pt. II. Mexico. Ch. 4. The Politics of Urban Survival: The Women's Regional Council of the CONAMUP, Mexico -- Interview: Irene Soto -- Women's Regional Council of the CONAMUP. Ch. 5. The Unintended Consequences of "Traditional" Women's Organizing: The Women's Council of the Lazaro Cardenas Ejido Union, Nayarit -- Interview: Dona Kata Moreno and Aurora Cruz -- Lazaro Cardenas Ejido Union -- pt. III. Brazil. Ch. 6. Class, Gender, and Autonomy: The Rural Women Workers' Movement of Southern Brazil -- Interview: Gessi Bones and Marlene Pasquali -- Rural Women Worker's Movement -- pt. IV. Chile. Ch. 7. Sweet and Sour Grapes: The Struggles of Seasonal Women Workers in Chile -- Interview: Antonia Gomez -- Industry Union of Seasonal and Permanent Workers of Santa Maria. Ch. 8. Conclusions: Women in Action."This innovative, comparative study explores six cases of women's grassroots activism in Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil, and Chile. Lynn Stephen communicates the ideas, experiences, and perceptions of women who participate in collective action, while she explains the structural conditions and ideological discourses that set the context within which women act and interpret their experiences. She includes revealing interviews with activists, detailed histories of organizations and movements, and a theoretical discussion of gender, collective identity, and feminist anthropology and methods."--Jacket.Women in developmentLatin AmericaCase studiesSocial movementsLatin AmericaCase studiesFeminismLatin AmericaCase studiesWomen's rightsLatin AmericaCase studiesWomenLatin AmericaInterviewsElectronic books.Women in developmentSocial movementsFeminismWomen's rightsWomen305.42/098Stephen Lynn896389MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450138403321Women and social movements in Latin America2181382UNINA