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4%OFFJulia Tuñón Pablos - Women in Mexico - 9780292781610 - V9780292781610
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Women in Mexico

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Description for Women in Mexico Paperback. Translator(s): Hynds, Alan. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 539.

Throughout Mexico's history, women have been subjected to a dual standard: exalted in myth, they remain subordinated in their social role by their biology. But this dualism is not so much a battle between the sexes as the product of a social system. The injustices of this system have led Mexican women to conclude that they deserve a better world, one worth struggling for.

Published originally in Spanish as Mujeres en México: Una historia olvidada, this work examines the role of Mexican women from pre-Cortés to the 1980s, addressing the interplay between myth and history and the gap between theory and ... Read more

In challenging the illusion that historians have created of women in Mexico's history, Tuñón hopes to recover feminism—with its strengths and weaknesses, its vision of the world that is both intellectual and full of feeling. By examining the social world of Mexico, she also hopes to determine those situations that cause oppression, exploitation, and marginalization of women.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292781610
SKU
V9780292781610
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Julia Tuñón Pablos
Julia Tuñón Pablos teaches at the Dirección de Estudios Históricos of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico City. Alan Hynds is a professional translator living in Mérida, Yucatán.

Reviews for Women in Mexico
In a remarkably succinct summary covering the colonial period to the late twentieth century, Julia Tunon Pablos offsets the history of images of Mexican femininity with the realities of being female in Mexico. This short book's strengths lie in its chronological breadth and its vivid descriptive detail. Pablos's insistence on the importance of understanding history to achieve change strikes a ... Read more

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