"A gendered analysis of the National Security regimes that
dominated South and Central America in the 1970s and '80s reveals a
pattern of abuse of women that failed to register in the public
consciousness.... The evidence compiled by Stephen, a feminist
ethnographer, from archives and interviews with women in grassroots
movements in El Salvador, Mexico, Brazil, and Chile reveals the
breakdown of the patriarchal bargain: men in power withdrew
protection from women, and women rebelled against the male
domination that crippled them and left them unfit to lead their own
lives." -- Choice "This book promises to make a significant
contribution to the literature on women and social movements in
Latin America. The fact that it draws upon collaborative
relationships with the women written about is a further strength,
making it of interest to activists and academics alike.... It would
make an excellent teaching text, and it would also be of interest
to general readers." -- Florence E. Babb, author of Between Field
and Cooking Pot: The Political Economy of Marketwomen in Peru
Women's grassroots activism in Latin America combines a
commitment to basic survival for women and their children with a
challenge to women's subordination to men. Women activists insist
that issues such as rape, battering, and reproductive control
cannot be divorced from women's concerns about housing, food, land,
and medical care.
This innovative, comparative study explores six cases of
women's grassroots activism in Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil, and
Chile. Lynn Stephen communicates the ideas, experiences, and
perceptions of women who participate in collective action, while
she explains the structuralconditions and ideological discourses
that set the context within which women act and interpret their
experiences. She includes revealing interviews with activists,
detailed histories of organizations and movements, and a
theoretical discussion of gender, collective identity, and feminist
anthropology and methods.
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