Chiapas: The Construction Of Independent Values Among Maya Women At The Forefront Of Social ...

Chiapas: The Construction Of Independent Values Among Maya Women At The Forefront Of Social Change: Four Case Studies Adriana M. Manago, and Patricia M. Greenfield, 2011   Life narratives of four middle-aged Maya women in Chiapas, Mexico illustrate how social change toward a Gesellschaft environment—formal schooling, urbanization, and the development of commerce—leads to an indigenous form of feminism, marked by a desire for autonomy and egalitarian relations between men and women. The...

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