From Grandmother to Granddaughter - Salvadoran Women''s Stories

Informationen zum Autor Michael Gorkin is a psychologist and former Fulbright scholar in El Salvador. He is the author of Days of Honey! Days of Onion: The Story of a Palestinian Family in Israel (California! 1993) and Three Mothers! Three Daughters: Palestinian Women's Stories (California! 1995). Marta Pineda and Gloria Leal are psychologists in El Salvador. Klappentext "From Grandmother to Granddaughter stirringly reveals nine women of El Salvador who! through their own recollections! share life and its struggles with family abuse! wars! intergenerational tensions! losses! shared memories and joys. Insightful and seamless in style! the book encourages all women and men to see ourselves through wiser and more caring eyes."-Susan Borwick! Director of Women's Studies! Wake Forest University Zusammenfassung A portrayal of contemporary El Salvador. It presents the life histories and testimonies of a grandmother, mother, and granddaughter from three Salvadoran families: La Familia Nunez, members of the upper class; La Familia Rivas, from El Salvador's middle class; and, La Familia Garcia, from the campo, the Salvadoran peasantry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Map of El Salvador  Acknowledgments  Introduction by Michael Gorkin  LA FAMILIA NUNEZ  Nina Cecilia  Monica  Paulina  LA FAMILIA GARCIA  Marfa  Lupe  Nina Dolores  LA FAMILIA RIVAS  Dulce  Nina Julia  Sara  Some Afterwords  Chronology  Glossary

Product details

• Authors: Michael Gorkin, Michael Pineda Gorkin, Gorkin Michael, Gloria Leal, Leal Gloria, Marta Pineda, Pineda Marta
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2000
• EAN: 9780520222403
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22240-3
• No. of pages: 267
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, El Salvador, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls