Anay's will to learn : a woman's education in the shadow of the Maquiladoras /

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<P>The opening of free trade agreements in the 1980s caused major economic changes in Mexico and the United States. These economic activities spawned dramatic social changes in Mexican society. One young Mexican woman, Anay Palomeque de Carrillo, rode the tumultuous wave of these economic acti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hampton, Elaine M., 1948-
Other Authors: Carrillo, Anay Palomeque de
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Women > Education > Mexico.
Women > Mexico > Social conditions.
Offshore assembly industry > Mexico.
Femmes > Éducation > Mexique.
Femmes > Mexique > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Offshore assembly industry
Women > Education
Women > Social conditions
Mexico
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Meeting Anay
  • Childhood in southern Mexico
  • Rural school in southern Mexico
  • Ofelia and the move to Ciudad Jurez
  • School in Ciudad Jurez
  • Maquiladoras and violence
  • Leaving Ciudad Jurez
  • The missionary and the beauty school
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index.

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