Women and change at the U.S.-Mexico border : mobility, labor, and activism /
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| Imprint: | Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2006. |
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| Description: | viii, 231 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6105352 |
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
