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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-418). - Description based on print version record
Description:
"Compelling exploratory investigation of women settlers in poor neighborhoods and their participation in social struggles during 1970s. Contends that although women were often the heart of social movements, their role has seldom been studied. Provides basic historical and theoretical/feminist frameworks. Mostly discusses life histories of four women and their recollections of popular struggles in three central and peripheral neighborhoods"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Este libro tiene su origen y razón de ser en corazones femeninos que dan a conocer movimientos populares urbanos emergentes durante la década de 1970 en la ciudad de México. Como numerosas ciudades del continente americano y de Europa, la ciudad de México fue escenario de manifestaciones de conflictos, protestas y reivindicaciones, protagonizadas por desconcertantes nuevos actores sociales que cuestionaban las políticas e intervenciones del Estado mexicano.