Women and Social Movements in Latin America: Power from Below PDF
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Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 1 # 1 Women and Social Movements in Latin America Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 2 # 2 Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 3 # 3 L Y N N S T E P H E N W O M E N A N D S O C I A L M O V E M E N T S I N L A T I N A M E R I C A P O W E R F R O M B E L O W UniversityofTexasPress Austin Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 4 # 4 Copyright(cid:1)1997bytheUniversityofTexasPress Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Firstedition,1997 Requestsforpermissiontoreproducematerial fromthisworkshouldbesentto: Permissions UniversityofTexasPress Box7819 Austin,TX78713-7819 Permissiontoreprintpreviouslypublishedmaterialsisgratefullyacknowledged: Approximately3pagesfromNeoliberalismRevisited:EconomicRestructuring andMexico’sPoliticalFuturebyGerardoOtero.Copyright(cid:1)1996byWestview Press.ReprintedbypermissionofWestviewPress. ‘‘Women’sRightsAreHumanRights:TheMergingofFeminineandFeminist InterestsamongElSalvador’sMothersoftheDisappeared(CO-MADRES)’’by LynnStephen.ReprintedbypermissionoftheAmericanAnthropological AssociationfromAmericanEthnologist22:4,November1995.Notforfurther reproduction. ‘‘ChallengingGenderInequalityandGrassrootsOrganizingamongWomen RuralWorkersinBrazilandChile’’byLynnStephen.Reprintedbypermissionof SagePublicationsfromCritiqueofAnthropology13,No.1,pp.33–35. (cid:2)(cid:1) Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsof AmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences—PermanenceofPaperfor PrintedLibraryMaterials,ansiz39.48–1984. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Stephen,Lynn. WomenandsocialmovementsinLatinAmerica:powerfrombelow/ byLynnStephen.—1sted. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn0-292-77715-9(alk.paper).—isbn0-292-77716-7(pbk.:alk.paper) 1. Womenindevelopment—LatinAmerica—Casestudies. 2. Social movements—LatinAmerica—Casestudies. 3. Feminism—LatinAmerica— Casestudies. 4. Women’srights—LatinAmerica—Casestudies. 5. Women—LatinAmerica—Interviews. I. Title. hq1240.5.l29s74 1997 305.42(cid:3)098—dc20 96-45788 Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 5 # 5 ThisbookisdedicatedtoGuadalupeMusalemM.(1955–1995) inmemoryofheractivismanddedicationtoimprovingthelives ofwomeninMexico,toLucinaCa´rdenas(1945–1995)who foughttoempowerindigenouswomen,andtomysonGabriel Stephen-Hermanwhowillgrowuptobeamaninthebetter worldGuadalupeandLucinahelpedtocreate. Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 6 # 6 Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 7 # 7 CONTENTS Preface xi Acknowledgments xv CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 GenderandPolitics,ExperienceandStructure PART I EL SALVADOR CHAPTER 2 Women’sRightsAreHumanRights 29 TheMergingofFeminineandFeminist InterestsamongElSalvador’sMothersofthe Disappeared(CO-MADRES) CHAPTER 3 WomenforDignityandLife 56 TheEmergenceofFeminismsfrom ElSalvador’sRevolutionaryLeft interview MorenaHerrera 85 WomenforDignityandLife PART II MEXICO CHAPTER 4 ThePoliticsofUrbanSurvival 111 TheWomen’sRegionalCouncilofthe CONAMUP,Mexico interview IreneSoto 149 Women’sRegionalCounciloftheCONAMUP Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 8 # 8 viii WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA CHAPTER 5 TheUnintendedConsequences of‘‘Traditional’’Women’sOrganizing 158 TheWomen’sCouncilofthe La´zaroCa´rdenasEjidoUnion,Nayarit interview Don˜aKataMorenoandAuroraCruz 195 La´zaroCa´rdenasEjidoUnion PART III BRAZIL CHAPTER 6 Class,Gender,andAutonomy 209 TheRuralWomenWorkers’Movement ofSouthernBrazil interview GessiBoneˆsandMarlenePasquali 234 RuralWomenWorkers’Movement PART IV CHILE CHAPTER 7 SweetandSourGrapes 243 TheStrugglesofSeasonalWomen WorkersinChile interview AntoniaGo´mez 261 InterindustryUnionofSeasonaland PermanentWorkersofSantaMar´ıa CHAPTER 8 Conclusions 267 WomeninAction Notes 287 Bibliography 297 Index 319 Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 9 # 9 ILLUSTRATIONS 2 MapofLatinAmericashowinglocationsofcasestudies 18 ‘‘¿Vienenlaslesbianas?’’ 39 AliciaPanamen˜odeGarc´ıa 40 CO-MADRESSanSalvadorofficebuildingafterabombing 81 NinebasicdemandsoftheDIGNAS 86 MorenaHerrera 119 WomenprotestinginMexicoCity 132 DrawingsusedbyWomen’sRegionalCouncilofthe CONAMUPineducationalwork 150 IreneSoto 177 PanelfromUELCcomicbookshowingturkey-raisingproject 189 TortillafactoryprojectoftheMarquesadoUAIM,Nayarit 196 Don˜aKataMorenowithfriends 215 Familyataland-reclamationsettlement,RioGrandedoSul 220 MMTRposter 222 MMTReducationalmaterial 235 GessiBoneˆsandMarlenePasquali 251 TheauthorwithJonathanFox,unionleaders,andCasadel Temporerostaff 254 Unionmemberwithherdaughterandhusbandoutsidetheir homeinSantaMarı´a Name /T5610/T5610_FM 10/12/01 06:55AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 10 # 10
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