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Indigenous Women's Movements in Latin America : Gender and Ethnicity in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia /

This book presents a comparative analysis of the organizing trajectories of indigenous women s movements in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia. The authors innovative research reveals how the articulation of gender and ethnicity is central to shape indigenous women s discourses. It explores the political con...

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Main Authors: Rousseau, Stephanie
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Morales Hudon, Anahi, 1981
Published: Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Crossing Boundaries of Gender and Politics in the Global South
Subjects:
Political science
Comparative politics
Latin America > Politics and government
Regionalism
Social structure
Social inequality
Sociology
Ethnicity
Sex Psychology
Gender expression
Gender identity
Political Science and International Relations
Latin American Politics
Gender Studies
Ethnicity Studies
Social Structure, Social Inequality
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95063-8
Summary: This book presents a comparative analysis of the organizing trajectories of indigenous women s movements in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia. The authors innovative research reveals how the articulation of gender and ethnicity is central to shape indigenous women s discourses. It explores the political contexts and internal dynamics of indigenous movements, to show that they created different opportunities for women to organize and voice specific demands. This, in turn, led to various forms of organizational autonomy for women involved in indigenous movements. The trajectories vary from the creatio
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(X,205pages).
ISBN: 9781349950638
Index Number: JL950
CLC: D0
Contents: 1. Indigenous women s movements: An intersectional approach to studying social movements -- 2. Indigenous movements merge into party and state politics -- 3.Indigenous women transform the politics of representing women -- 4. Indigenous self-determination: from national dialogues to local autonomies -- 5. Indigenous women s struggle for autonomy -- 6. The exceptional case no longer so exceptional -- 7. Indigenous women strengthen the indigenous movement -- 8. Conclusion.

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