Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean Engendering Social Justice, Democratizing Citizenship |
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Editor:
| Maier, Elizabeth Lebon, Nathalie |
Contribution by:
| Maier, Elizabeth Mogrovejo, Norma Prieto, Mercedes Peque±o, Andrea Flores, Alejandra Cominao, Clorinda Maldonado, Gina Sagot, Montserrat TarrTs, Maria Rakowski, Cathy Herrera, Morena Navarro, Marysa Mejia, Maria =n, Alice Poggio, Sara Safa, Helen Sarmiento, Marta Di Marco, Graciela Kampwirth, Karen Merlet, Myriam Carrillo, Ana Chinchilla, Norma Espina, Gioconda Macaulay, Fiona Vargas, Virginia Caldwell, Kia Lilly |
Foreword by:
| Alvarez, Sonia |
ISBN: | 978-0-8135-8358-7 |
Publication Date: | May 2010 |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $33.95 |
Book Description:
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Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars who analyze and document the diversity, vibrancy, and effectiveness of women's experiences and organizing in Latin America and the Caribbean during the past four decades. Most of the expressions of collective agency are analyzed in this book within the context of the neoliberal model of globalization that has seriously affected most Latin American and Caribbean women's...
More Description Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars who analyze and document the diversity, vibrancy, and effectiveness of women's experiences and organizing in Latin America and the Caribbean during the past four decades. Most of the expressions of collective agency are analyzed in this book within the context of the neoliberal model of globalization that has seriously affected most Latin American and Caribbean women's lives in multiple ways. Contributors explore the emergence of the area's feminist movement, dictatorships of the 1970s, the Central American uprisings, the urban, grassroots organizing for better living conditions, and finally, the turn toward public policy and formal political involvement and the alternative globalization movement. Geared toward bridging cultural realities, this volume represents women's transformations, challenges, and hopes, while considering the analytical tools needed to dissect the realities, understand the alternatives, and promote gender democracy.