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Author Gorkin, Michael.

Title From grandmother to granddaughter : Salvadoran women's stories / Michael Gorkin, Marta Pineda, and Gloria Leal.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  972.84 G669F    Check Shelf
Description xi, 256 pages : map ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction / Michael Gorkin -- La Familia Nuñez. Niña Cecilia. Monica. Paulina -- La Familia García. María. Lupe. Niña Dolores -- La Familia Rivas. Dulce. Niña Julia. Sara -- Some afterwords.
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.
Subject El Salvador -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- El Salvador -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Oral history.
Oral history. (OCoLC)fst01047055
Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
El Salvador. (OCoLC)fst01205530
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Pineda, Marta.
Leal, Gloria.
ISBN 0520211650 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520211650 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520222407 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520222403 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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