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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Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Crossing Boundaries of Gender and Politics in the Global South
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95063-8 |
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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. |