Women in Mexico by Julia Pablos
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 M xico: Una historia olvidada, this work examines the role of Mexican women from pre-Cort s to the 1980s, addressing the interplay between myth and history and the gap between theory and practice. Pointing to such varied prototypes as the Virgin of Guadalupe, La Malinche, and Sor Juana, Tu n contrasts what these women represent with more realistic but less-exalted counterparts such as Josefa Ortiz de Dom nguez, La G era Rodr guez, and Juana Bel n Guti rrez de Mendoza. She also discusses the identity transformation by which indigenous women come to see themselves as Mexicanas, and analyzes such issues as women's economic dislocation in the labor force, education, and self-image. In challenging the illusion that historians have created of women in Mexico's history, Tu n 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.
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 MexicoThis 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 resonant note in the post-modern, technologically advanced part of the world where history is increasingly regarded as yet another commodity, subject to the whims of fashion and to be sold to the highest bidder.--TLS, April 21, 2000
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780292781610 |
| ISBN 10 | 029278161X |
| Title | Women in Mexico |
| Author | Julia Pablos |
| Series | Llilas Translations From Latin America Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Texas Press |
| Year published | 1999-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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