ISBN:
9789004248977
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9004248978
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
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(illustrations some color)).
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences 1573-4234 volume 63
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences volume 63
Parallel Title:
Print version Come hell or high water
DDC:
305.4
Keywords:
Feminism History
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Guatemala
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Feminism History
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Nicaragua
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Women and war History
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Guatemala
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Women and the military History
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Guatemala
;
Women and war History
;
Nicaragua
;
Women and the military History
;
Nicaragua
;
Feminism History
;
Women and war History
;
Women and the military History
;
Women and war History
;
Women and the military History
;
Feminism History
;
Women and war History
;
Women and the military History
;
Women and the military History
;
Feminism History
;
Feminism History
;
Women and war History
;
Feminism History
;
Guatemala
;
Feminism History
;
Nicaragua
;
Guatemala History, Military
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20th century
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Guatemala Social conditions
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Nicaragua History, Military
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20th century
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Nicaragua Social conditions
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Women and the military History
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Guatemala
;
Women and the military History
;
Nicaragua
;
Women and war History
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Guatemala
;
Women and war History
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Nicaragua
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Social conditions
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Women and the military
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Women and war
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Feminism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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History
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Military history
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Guatemala History, Military
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20th century
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Nicaragua History, Military
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20th century
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Guatemala Social conditions
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Nicaragua Social conditions
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Guatemala
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Nicaragua
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Nicaragua Social conditions
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Guatemala History, Military 20th century
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Nicaragua History, Military 20th century
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Guatemala Social conditions
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Guatemala Social conditions
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Nicaragua Social conditions
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Guatemala History, Military 20th century
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Nicaragua History, Military 20th century
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Guatemala
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Nicaragua
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Electronic books History
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Military history
Abstract:
In Come Hell or High water: Feminism and the Legacy of Armed Conflict in Central America, Tine Destrooper explores the motivations, strategies and priorities of women's activists in Guatemala and Nicaragua. She explains how these priorities were shaped by the legacy of armed conflict and the presence of international aid agencies
Description / Table of Contents:
Part I. The influence of conflict and its aftermath on the women's movementA 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 -- Part II. Complementary approaches to women's empowerment -- 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index. - Print version record
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