Lucha : the srtruggles of Latin American women Connie Weil, editor - Minneapolis : The Prisma Institute, Inc., 1988. - 201 p. ; 22 cm. - (Minnesota Latina American Series ; 2) .

I. Latin american women in the global context. Lucha: an introduction / Connie Weil - Women in latin American / Barbara Knudson and Connie Weil - Implications of technological change for household and rural development: some latin american cases / June Nash - II. Case studies. Anthropology and the study of Quiche Maya women in the western highlands of Guatemala / Nancy J. Black - The long walk to Chiapas: Central American migrant women and the questions of legal status / Marilyn Bowman - These days, to be a bolivians is to die slowly: women factory workers in La paz / Valerie Estes - A stranger in her Father´s house: Juanita´s suicide / Benjamin S. Orlove .

"Lucha. The sturggles of Latin American women explores the diversity and the common elements in the life experiences of Latin American women. The combination of survey materials and detailed case studies illuminates both regional patterns and their meaning for individuals., Particular attention focuses on the strategies women employ as they struggle to defend their lives and the integrity f their households in the face of the disruptions wrought by the ongoing penetration of capital and changes in techonology in Latin America." contraportada

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