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Engendering Mayan history : Kaqchikel women as agents and conduits of the past, 1875-1970

Title
Engendering Mayan history : Kaqchikel women as agents and conduits of the past, 1875-1970 / by David Carey, Jr.
Author
Carey, David, 1967-
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Description
xv, 327 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Cakchikel women > Social conditions
  • Cakchikel women > Ethnic identity
  • Cakchikel Indians > History
  • Feminism > Guatemala
  • Guatemala > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references ( p. 295-321) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Mayan women as history -- "Our star and a vision for us" : a midwife's tale of social change and control, 1931-1966 -- "And all the men could do was work in the fields" : feminine perspectives on Guatemala's international export economy, 1875-1965 -- From quotidian tasks to entrepreneurial opportunities : Mayan women and labor in highland Guatemala, 1890-1965 -- "What is indio, if the nation is indigenous?" : ethnic violence, gender, and nationalism in Guatemala, 1944 to 1967 -- Degrees of education : Mayan women and public schools, 1900-1965.
Call Number
JGE 06-140
ISBN
  • 0415945593 (hb : alk. paper)
  • 0415945607 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005024645
OCLC
  • 61362772
  • vendor 2005024645
Author
Carey, David, 1967-
Title
Engendering Mayan history : Kaqchikel women as agents and conduits of the past, 1875-1970 / by David Carey, Jr.
Imprint
New York : Routledge, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 295-321) and index.
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JGE 06-140
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