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Women in Brazil / Caipora Women's Group.

Title
Women in Brazil / Caipora Women's Group.
Publication
London : Latin American Bureau ; New York, NY : Distribution in North America by Monthly Review Press, 1993.

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Caipora (Organization)
Description
139 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
"In a mosaic of articles, poems and interviews, Women in Brazil paints an evocative picture of life for women in Brazil's shanty towns and peasant villages." "The book reveals the appalling conditions faced by most women in a country classified by the World Bank as the most unequal in the world. It disentangles and analyses the overlapping forms of discrimination imposed by machismo, racism (for Brazil's large black population) and exploitation in factory and farm." "Women in Brazil is also optimistic - showing the varied forms of resistance and organisation which have developed over the last twenty years. In a myriad of grassroots organisations - shanty town neighbourhood groups, Christian base communities, peasant associations, trade unions, women's and feminist movements - women have organised to fight back."--Jacket.
Uniform Title
Frauen in Brasilien. English.
Subject
Women > Brazil > Social conditions
Note
  • Translation of: Frauen in Brasilien.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Rural Women -- 'We've got to get back to our roots': Dona Rosa, a woman from the Northeast -- Women farmworkers in the Northeast -- 'I've suffered, but I've won through': Maria's story -- Oysters, shrimps, crabs: The world of fisherwomen -- Urban Women -- An everyday story: Life in a favela -- The Washerwoman -- Explosive Chemistry: Organising women in factories -- Made with fear -- On the move: Isabel's story -- Women and Racism -- Black women and racism -- Remember -- Woman Warrior -- Historical data -- The population of Brazil -- Our identity as women and blacks -- Enough is enough! Black women speak out -- Black and proud -- Feminism and black women -- Black and black woman -- I am cheaper -- Black women in the city -- Women and Religion -- The Day Laborer -- Maria, Maria: 'O, Dona Maria, como vai?' -- 'Hey, Maria, how's it going?' -- Negra Mariama -- Black Mary -- Women in base Christian communities -- Women and the law -- Women and violence -- Constitution and reality: Women and labour law -- Improvements in the legal status of women in the new Brazilian Constitution -- Women and the fight for rights -- 'Having children? That's our decision!' The women's health movement and population policy -- 'Laws by men have made inequalities out of differences.' -- Women and industrial action -- Women's organisations -- The Cabo women's centre -- Who are Brazil's feminists? -- Not one, but many -- Am I a feminist? -- 'We want more!': International Women's Day -- Rede Mulher -- the women's network -- Women and solidarity -- Rede Mulher -- international links -- 'Nearer to life' -- Sketches of a journey.
ISBN
  • 0906156793 (pbk.)
  • 0906156807 (cased)
LCCN
^^^94145788^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library