Women and Education in Latin America : Knowledge, Power, and Change /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stromquist, Nelly P. (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores: Bonder, Gloria (Contribuidor), Braslavsky, Cecilia (Contribuidor), Catanzarite, Lisa (Contribuidor), Cortina, Regina (Contribuidor), Fink, Marcy (Contribuidor), Mendiola, Haydée M. (Contribuidor), Rosemberg, Fulvia (Contribuidor), Sara-Lafosse, Violeta (Contribuidor), Schmukler, Beatriz (Contribuidor), Valdes, Ximena (Contribuidor), Viveros, Elena (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]
Colección:Women and Change in the Developing World
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I Education, the State, and the Economy
  • 1 Women and Literacy in Latin America
  • 2 Education, Democratization, and Inequality in Brazil
  • 3 Educational Legitimation of Women's Economic Subordination in Argentina
  • 4 Gender, Education, and Employment in Central America: Whose Work Counts?
  • PART 2 Women and the Formal Education System
  • 5 Coeducational Settings and Educational and Social Outcomes in Peru
  • 6 Gender and Power in the Teachers' Union of Mexico
  • 7 Gender Inequalities and the Expansion of Higher Education in Costa Rica
  • 8 Feminist Reflections on the Politics of the Peruvian University
  • PART 3 Adult Women and Educational Efforts
  • 9 Women and Popular Education in Latin America
  • 10 Vocational Training and Job Opportunities for Women in Northeast Brazil
  • PART 4 Making Changes
  • 11 Altering Sexual Stereotypes Through Teacher Training
  • 12 Women and the Microsocial Democratization of Everyday Life
  • 13 The Women's Rural School: An Empowering Educational Experience
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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