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Author Stephen, Lynn, author.

Title Zapotec women : gender, class, and ethnicity in globalized Oaxaca / Lynn Stephen
Edition 2nd ed
Published Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 387 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents Introduction -- Ethnicity and class in the changing lives of Zapotec women -- Kinship, gender, and economic globalization -- Six women's stories : Julia, Cristina, Angela, Alicia, Imelda, and Isabel -- Setting the scene : the Zapotecs of Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca -- Contested histories : women, men, and the relations of production in Teotitlán, 1920-1950s -- Weaving as heritage : folk art, aesthetics, and the commercialization of Zapotec textiles -- From contract to co-op : gender, commercialization, and neoliberalism in Teotitlán -- Changes in the civil-religious hierarchy and their impact on women -- Fiesta : the gendered dynamics of ritual participation -- Challenging political culture : women's changing political participation in Teotitlán -- After words : on speaking and being heard
Summary A classic study of Zapotec women weavers and their reactions to global capitalism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-369) and index
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Subject Zapotec women -- Mexico -- Teotitlán del Valle -- Social conditions
Zapotec women -- Mexico -- Teotitlán del Valle -- Economic conditions
Textile industry -- Mexico -- Teotitlán del Valle
Zapotec textile fabrics -- Mexico -- Teotitlán del Valle
Social structure -- Mexico -- Teotitlán del Valle
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Manners and customs.
Social structure.
Zapotec women -- Economic conditions.
Textile industry.
Femmes zapotèques -- Mexique -- Conditions sociales.
Zapotec textile fabrics.
Femmes zapotèques -- Mexique -- Conditions économiques.
Zapotec women -- Social conditions.
Industrie textile -- Mexique.
Structure sociale -- Mexique.
SUBJECT Teotitlán del Valle (Mexico) -- Social life and customs
Subject Mexico -- Teotitlán del Valle.
Teotitlán del Valle (Mexique) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822387510
0822387514