ISBN:
9780415073134
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (522 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
Parallel Title:
Print version Viva : Women and Popular Protest in Latin America
DDC:
305.42/098
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Gender, Racism and the Politics of Identities in Latin America; Imagining Américas; Racisms and the Racialization of Language; Nations and States; Embodiments of Politics and Identities; Women Against the State: Claiming Nationhood; 'Engendering Democracy'; Political Identities: Gender, Racism, Citizenship; Power Blocs, Popular Classes and Popular Culture
Description / Table of Contents:
2. The Seeking of Truth and the Gendering of Consciousness: The CoMadres of El Salvador and the Conavigua Widows of GuatemalaIntroduction; Committee of Mothers and Relatives of Prisoners, The Disappeared and the Politically Assassinated of El Salvador Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero (CoMadres); The National Coordinator of Widows of Guatemala (CONAVIGUA); Comparisons and Parallels between the Two Groups; Implications for Feminist Theory of Women's Actions: Taking Issue with Past Feminist Debates; Conclusions; 3. Ecologia: Women, Environment and Politics in Venezuela; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Venezuelan Politics: Crisis and Social MovementsEcological, Female and Urban Approaches to the Environment; Political-Ideological Organizations; Symbolic-Cultural Organizations; Women's Environmentalist Organizations; GEMA; COFEAPRE; AMAVEN; Theoretical Considerations; Women, Environment and Neighbourhood Associations; Conclusion; 4. 'We Learned to Think Politically': The Influence of the Catholic Church and the Feminist Movement on the Emergence of the Health Movement of the Jardim Nordeste Area in Sāo Paulo, Brazil; Introduction; Brazil in the 1970s and Early 1980s, and Urban Movements
Description / Table of Contents:
The Popular Church in Brazil and in São PauloThe Feminist Movement in Brazil and in São Paulo; The Emergence of the Health Movement of the Jardim Nordeste Area; Conclusion; 5. Womens Political Participation in Colonias Populares in Guadalajara, Mexico; Introduction; The Mexican Political System; The Case of Guadalajara; Women as Political Actors; Conclusions; 6. Female Consciousness or Feminist Consciousness?: Women's Consciousness Raising in Community-Based Struggles in Brazil; Gender: The Missing Link in Analyses of Popular Social Movements
Description / Table of Contents:
Political Practice - The Development of Political Consciousness and SolidarityOral History: The Story Told and Retold; The Transformation of Gender Interests; 7. Touching the Air: The Cultural Force of Women in Chile; La Cuestion Femenina; The Creation of the Cultural; Lo Que Esta en el Aire: What is in the Air; 8. Adjustment from Below: Low-Income Women, Time and the Triple Role in Guayaquil, Ecuador; Gender Bias in Structural Adjustment Policies; Differentiation Among Low-Income Women; Background to the Research; Structural Adjustment and its Impact on Low-Income Households in Indio Guayas
Description / Table of Contents:
The Impact of Recession and Adjustment Processes on Women in Indio Guayas
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
