Women and change at the U.S.-Mexico border : mobility, labor, and activism /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2006.
Description:	viii, 231 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Women -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions. Women -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions. Women -- Employment -- Mexican-American Border Region. Women political activists -- Mexican-American Border Region. Women -- Economic conditions. Women -- Employment. Women political activists. Women -- Social conditions. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6105352

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Women and change at the US-Mexico border Women and change at the United States-Mexico border
Other authors / contributors:	Mattingly, Doreen J., 1962- Hansen, Ellen R.
ISBN:	0816525285 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780816525287
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-223) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Women at the Border: Foundations and Frameworks
Part 1. Women's Mobility
2. The Unsettling, Gendered Consequences of Migration for Mexican Indigenous Women
3. Women's Daily Mobility at the U.S.-Mexico Border
4. Abortion in a Transborder Context
Part 2. Labor and Empowerment in the Border Region
5. The Changing Gender Composition of the Maquiladora Workforce along the U.S.-Mexico Border
6. The Roots of Autonomy through Work Participation in the Northern Mexico Border Region
7. Domestic Service and International Networks of Caring Labor
Part 3. Activist Women Changing the Border
8. Mexican Women's Activism in New Mexico Colonias
9. Styles, Strategies, and Issues of Women Leaders at the Border
10. Border Women's NGOs and Political Participation in Baja California
11. "Making Believe" and "Willing Partners" in Academics' Activism in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Notes
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index

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