From grandmother to granddaughter : Salvadoran women's stories / Michael Gorkin, Marta Pineda, and Gloria Leal.
Publisher description: The life histories and testimonies of nine Salvadoran women from different generations shape this intimate portrayal of contemporary El Salvador. The authors interviewed a grandmother, mother, and granddaughter from three Salvadoran families: La Familia Nunez, members of the u...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[2000]
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| Summary: | Publisher description: The life histories and testimonies of nine Salvadoran women from different generations shape this intimate portrayal of contemporary El Salvador. The authors interviewed a grandmother, mother, and granddaughter from three Salvadoran families: La Familia Nunez, members of the upper class La Familia Rivas, from El Salvador's growing middle class and La Familia Garcia, from the campo, the Salvadoran peasantry. The voices we hear convey a deep sense of the world of Salvadoran women and how life is lived in that Central American country today. Each woman tells her own life story, and interspersed with recollections of childhood, marriage, and childrearing are revealing accounts of El Salvador's turbulent political past and present. Reflected in the stories are the vast changes in educational and occupational opportunities for women and the shifts in male-female relationships. Class differences are still a fundamental part of Salvadoran life, but changes are occurring in this area as well. From Grandmother to Granddaughter is a vivid and authentic portrait of today's El Salvador that convincingly illustrates how individual lives can reflect the larger changes within a society. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) : map. |
| ISBN: | 9780520924505 0520924509 1299834426 9781299834422 0520211650 9780520211650 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |