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Zusatztext Anderson shows how dramatically different the discrimination experience and the struggle for equality are for women in three ethnic groups, Native American, Mexican American, and African American.... Anderson's rich, exciting book highlights their specific problems, shows how racism undermines their efforts at achieving equality, and provides a historical perspective for a better understanding of the current situations of these women. Karen Anderson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arizona. Klappentext While great strides have been made in documenting discrimination against women in America! our awareness of discrimination is due in large part to the efforts of a feminist movement dominated by middle-class white women! and is skewed to their experiences. Yet discrimination against racialethnic women is in fact dramatically different--more complex and more widespread--and without a window into the lives of racial ethnic women our understanding of the full extent of discrimination against all women in America will be woefully inadequate. Now! in this illuminating volume! KarenAnderson offers the first book to examine the lives of women in the three main ethnic groups in the United States--Native American! Mexican American! and African American women--revealing the many ways in which these groups have suffered oppression! and the profound effects it has had on theirlives. Here is a thought-provoking examination of the history of racial ethnic women! one which provides not only insight into their lives! but also a broader perception of the history! politics! and culture of the United States. For instance! Anderson examines the clash between Native American tribesand the U.S. government (particularly in the plains and in the West) and shows how the forced acculturation of Indian women caused the abandonment of traditional cultural values and roles (in many tribes! women held positions of power which they had to relinquish)! subordination to and economicdependence on their husbands! and the loss of meaningful authority over their children. Ultimately! Indian women were forced into the labor market! the extended family was destroyed! and tribes were dispersed from thereservation and into the mainstream--all of which dramatically altered the woman'splace in white society and within their own tribes. The book examines Mexican-American women! revealing that since U.S. job recruiters in Mexico have historically focused mostly on low-wa Zusammenfassung The book examines the role of Indian! Mexican-American! and African-American women during the 20th century. It focuses on the changes these years have brought about in their lives and compares each group to the others. ...
