Jayne Howell

Women Teachers of Rural Oaxaca (eBook, ePUB)

Agency and Empowerment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Mexican maestras (women teachers) became an ubiquitous presence in the countryside following the Mexican Revolution and have continued to make valuable contributions to their students and society over the past century. Dedicated rural teachers are assigned to some of the most remote communities in Mexico, and frequently spend years living away from their homes and families while teaching. Drawing on agentive women's narratives, this ethnographic study explores how the acquisition of schooling and employment empowers maestras to defenderse (take care of themselves and their loved ones), make informed personal decisions, and promote societal change by serving as role models for their students, relatives, and neighbors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666904130
• Artikelnr.: 67353708

Autorenporträt

By Jayne Howell

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1Para Defenderme: Empowering Oaxacan Women Through Education and
Teaching
Chapter 2Maestras' Childhoods: Learning Through Informal and Formal
Education
Chapter 3Becoming a Teacher: Different Paths in Different Eras
Chapter 4Rhythms of Rural Teaching: Of Labor and Sacrifice
Chapter 5When the Political Is Personal: Women's Participation in Local 22
Chapter 6Reaping the Rewards of Teaching: Marriage, Motherhood, and Other
Life Decisions
Chapter 7Fending for Oneself and One's Community: Planting Seeds of Change