Title Latina activists across borders : women's grassroots organizing in Mexico and Texas / Milagros Peña

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages) Series E-Duke books scholarly collection Contents Nongovernmental Organizations Studied -- Interviews with Leaders of Nongovernmental Organizations -- 1 introduction Mexican and Mexican American Women's Activism in NGOs: Background on the Michoacán and El Paso/Ciudad Júarez Communities -- One Women's Activism in Michoacán -- Two Women's Activism in Greater El Paso/Ciudad Juárez -- Three The Religious Connection -- Four Are NGOs a Panacea? Some Observations on the Future of NGOs -- Five Despite Limitations Women's NGOs Push Forward Summary Compares women's organizing efforts in Mexico and in the borderlands to assess the way Latina mobilization and activism is influenced by the socio-political context in which the groups of women find themselves Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Women social reformers -- Mexico Women social reformers -- Texas Hispanic American women -- Mexico Hispanic American women -- Texas Women human rights workers -- Mexico Women human rights workers -- Texas SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Hispanic American women. Women social reformers. Frauenbewegung Women human rights workers. Aktivismus Soziale Bewegung Mexico. Texas. Mexiko Texas Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822389873 0822389878

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