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Guatemaltecas: the women's movement, 1986-2003 [Libro electrónico] / Susan A. Berger

Por: Berger, Susan A [autor/a].
Tipo de material: Libro en línea Libro en línea Editor: Austin, Texas, United States: University of Texas Press, c2006Descripción: 157 páginas ; 23 centímetros.ISBN: 0292709447; 0292712537; 9780292712539; 9780292795969.Tema(s): Women's rights -- Guatemala | Women -- Guatemala -- Social conditions | Women -- Guatemala -- Economic conditionsNota de acceso: Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso Nota de bibliografía: Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 133-146 Número de sistema: 54852Contenidos:Mostrar Resumen:
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After thirty years of military rule and state-sponsored violence, Guatemala reinstated civilian control and began rebuilding democratic institutions in 1986. Responding to these changes, Guatemalan women began organizing to gain an active role in the national body politic and restructure traditional relations of power and gender. This pioneering study examines the formation and evolution of the Guatemalan women's movement and assesses how it has been affected by, and has in turn affected, the forces of democratization and globalization that have transformed much of the developing world. Susan Berger pursues three hypotheses in her study of the women's movement. She argues that neoliberal democratization has led to the institutionalization of the women's movement and has encouraged it to turn from protest politics to policy work and to helping the state impose its neoliberal agenda. She also asserts that, while the influences of dominant global discourses are apparent, local definitions of femininity, sexuality, and gender equity and rights have been critical to shaping the form, content, and objectives of the women's movement in Guatemala. And she identifies a counter-discourse to globalization that is slowly emerging within the movement. Berger's findings vigorously reveal the manifold complexities that have attended the development of the Guatemalan women's movement.

Recurso en línea: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/709447
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Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 133-146

Contents.. Acknowledgments.. Chapter 1. Face-off: Gender, democratization, and globalization.. Chapter 2. Inside (and Out: Home, work, and organizing.. Chapter 3. La goma elástica: Codifying and institutionalizing women in postwar Guatemala.. Chapter 4. T Is for Tortillera? Sexual minorities and identity politics.. Chapter 5. The "Swallow Industries": Flight, consumption, and indigestion.. Chapter 6. Countering discourse: Toward resistance.. Notes.. Bibliography.. Index

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After thirty years of military rule and state-sponsored violence, Guatemala reinstated civilian control and began rebuilding democratic institutions in 1986. Responding to these changes, Guatemalan women began organizing to gain an active role in the national body politic and restructure traditional relations of power and gender. This pioneering study examines the formation and evolution of the Guatemalan women's movement and assesses how it has been affected by, and has in turn affected, the forces of democratization and globalization that have transformed much of the developing world. Susan Berger pursues three hypotheses in her study of the women's movement. She argues that neoliberal democratization has led to the institutionalization of the women's movement and has encouraged it to turn from protest politics to policy work and to helping the state impose its neoliberal agenda. She also asserts that, while the influences of dominant global discourses are apparent, local definitions of femininity, sexuality, and gender equity and rights have been critical to shaping the form, content, and objectives of the women's movement in Guatemala. And she identifies a counter-discourse to globalization that is slowly emerging within the movement. Berger's findings vigorously reveal the manifold complexities that have attended the development of the Guatemalan women's movement. eng

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