They Used to Call Us Witches - Chilean Exiles, Culture, and Feminism

Informationen zum Autor By Julie Shayne Klappentext They Used to Call Us Witches is an informative, highly readable account of the role played by Chilean women exiles during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet from 1973-1990. Sociologist Julie Shayne looks at the movement organized by exiled Chileans in Vancouver, British Columbia, to denounce Pinochet's dictatorship and support those who remained in Chile. Through the use of extensive interviews, the history is told from the perspective of Chilean women in the exile community established in Vancouver.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Shayne, Julie D. Shayne
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.12.2009
• EAN: 9780739118504
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1850-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women & girls, Latin American studies