Women on the U.S.-Mexico border responses to change /
| Other Authors: | Ruíz, Vicki., Tiano, Susan. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boston :
Allen & Unwin,
[1987]
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 247 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series: |
Thematic studies in Latin America.
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| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Vicki L. Ruiz and Susan Tiano -- Part I. Labor, migration, and relations of production -- Women's work and unemployment in Northern Mexico / Susan Tiano -- Female Mexican immigrants in San Diego County / Rosalia Solorzano-Torres -- By the day or the week : Mexicana domestic workers in El Paso / Vicki L. Ruiz -- Maquiladoras in Mexicali : Integration or exploitation? / Susan Tiano -- Part II. Consciousness, organization, and empowerment -- Gender identification and working-class solidarity among Maquila workers in Ciudad Juarez : Stereotypes and realities / Gay Young -- Tortuosidad : Shop floor struggles of female Maquiladora workers / Devon Peña -- Programming women's empowerment : A case from northern Mexico / Kathleen Staudt -- Culture, creativity, and relations of reproduction -- Shipwrecked in the desert : A short history of the Mexican Sisters of the House of the Providence in Douglas, Arizona, 1927-1949 / Raquel Rubio Goldsmith -- Changes in funeral patterns and gender roles among Mexican Americans / Norma Williams -- Oral history and La Muer : The Rosa Guerrero story / Vicki L. Ruiz -- Conclusion / Susan Tiano and Vicki L. Ruiz. |
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 247 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0044970382 9780044970385 0044970390 9780044970392 |