Research Catalog

Title

Zapotec women : gender, class, and ethnicity in globalized Oaxaca / Lynn Stephen.

Author

Stephen, Lynn.

Publication

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2005.

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Description

xvii, 387 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• Zapotec women > Mexico > Teotitlán del Valle > Social conditions
• Zapotec women > Mexico > Teotitlán del Valle > Economic conditions
• Zapotec textile fabrics > Mexico > Teotitlán del Valle
• Textile industry > Mexico > Teotitlán del Valle
• Social structure > Mexico > Teotitlán del Valle
• Teotitlán del Valle (Mexico) > Social life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-369) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Ethnicity and class in the changing lives of Zapotec women -- Kinship, gender, and economic globalization -- Six women's stories : Julia, Cristina, Angela, Alicia, Imelda, and Isabel -- Setting the scene : the Zapotecs of Teotitlìn del Valle, Oaxaca -- Contested histories : women, men, and the relations of production in Teotitlìn, 1920-1950s -- Weaving as heritage : folk art, aesthetics, and the commercialization of Zapotec textiles -- From contract to co-op : gender, commercialization, and neoliberalism in Teotitlìn -- Changes in the civil-religious hierarchy and their impact on women -- Fiesta : the gendered dynamics of ritual participation -- Challenging political culture : women's changing political participation in Teotitlìn -- After words: On speaking and being heard.

Call Number

JFE 05-11705

ISBN

• 0822336030 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0822336413 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005009919

OCLC

58986097

Author

Stephen, Lynn.

Title

Zapotec women : gender, class, and ethnicity in globalized Oaxaca / Lynn Stephen.

Imprint

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2005.

Edition

2nd ed., rev. and updated.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-369) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 05-11705