Women Networking for Peace and Survival in Chiapas: Militants, Celebrities, Academics, Survivors, and the Stiletto Heel Brigade

Women Networking for Peace and Survival in Chiapas: Militants, Celebrities, Academics, Survivors, and the Stiletto Heel Brigade

Women in Mexico have been networking discreetly for centuries. They focus on survival and change. The women working for the indigenous peoples of Chiapas include militants leading troops, celebrities raising funds and consciousness, victim-survivors of a war-torn area, volunteers shuttling news back...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sex roles 1998-10, Vol.39 (7/8), p.539-557
1. Verfasser: Glusker, Susannah
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Activism
Activists
Bilingual Schools
Change Agents
Chiapas
Females
Financial Problems
Genocide
Government (Administrative Body)
Indigenous Populations
Leaders
Maya (People)
Maya Indian people
Mayan Languages
Mayans
Medical Services
Mexico
Native peoples
Networking
Peace
Peace Movements
Police
Rebellions
Social Change
Social Networks
Victims of Crime
Violence
War
Women
Womens Groups
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Zusammenfassung:Women in Mexico have been networking discreetly for centuries. They focus on survival and change. The women working for the indigenous peoples of Chiapas include militants leading troops, celebrities raising funds and consciousness, victim-survivors of a war-torn area, volunteers shuttling news back and forth on the internet, and an invisible stiletto heel brigade.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1023/a:1018887413015