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Informationen zum Autor Milagros Peña is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at the University of Florida. She is the author of Theologies and Liberation in Peru: The Role of Ideas in Social Movements; a coauthor of Punk Rockers’ Revolution: A Pedagogy of Race, Class and Gender; and a coeditor of Emerging Voices, Urgent Choices: Essays on Latino/a Religious Leadership. Klappentext "Through powerful narratives and context, Milagros Pena finds a common and collective voice for Mexican, Mexican American, and Latina women. This work is groundbreaking because it provides a new vista by which to understand and assess the local and the global women's movements from a feminist perspective. Pena tells a story that has never been told and tells it very well."--Alberto Lopez Pulido, author of "The Sacred World of the Penitentes" Zusammenfassung Compares women's organizing efforts in Mexico and in the borderlands to assess the way Latina mobilization and activism is influenced by the socio-political context in which the groups of women find themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Nongovernmental Organizations Studies xi Introduction. Mexican and Mexican American Women’s Activism in NGOs: Background on the Michoacán and El Paso/Cuidad Juárez Communities 1 1. Women’s Activism in Michoacán 31 2. Women’s Activism in Greater El Paso/Cuidad Juárez 70 3. The Religious Connection 108 4. Are NGOs a Panacea? Some Observations on the Future of NGOs 134 5. Despite Limitations Women’s NGOs Push Forward 146 Notes 153 Bibliography 157 Index 163
