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Mexican American Women Activists

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Description for Mexican American Women Activists Paperback. Tells the stories of Mexican American women from two Los Angeles neighborhoods and how they transformed the everyday problems they confronted into political concerns. By placing these women's experiences at the center of her discussion of grassroots political activism, the author describes gender, race, and class character of community networking. Num Pages: 322 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHM; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 449.
When we see children playing in a supervised playground or hear about a school being renovated, we seldom wonder about who mobilized the community resources to rebuild the school or staff the park. Mexican American Women Activists tells the stories of Mexican American women from two Los Angeles neighborhoods and how they transformed the everyday problems they confronted into political concerns. By placing these women's experiences at the center of her discussion of grassroots political activism, Mary Pardo illuminates the gender, race, and class character of community networking. She shows how citizens help to shape their local environment by ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566395731
SKU
V9781566395731
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About Mary Pardo
Mary Pardo is Professor of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Northridge. She is the author of several articles on women and grassroots organizing and has been active in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles for about twenty-five years.

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