Come Hell or High Water: Feminism and the Legacy of Armed Conflict in Central America

Author:   Tine Destrooper
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   63
ISBN:  

9789004248960


Pages:   302
Publication Date:   06 June 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Come Hell or High Water: Feminism and the Legacy of Armed Conflict in Central America


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In Come Hell or High Water: Feminism and the Legacy of Armed Conflict in Central America, Tine Destrooper analyzes the political projects of feminist activists in light of their experience as former revolutionaries. She compares the Guatemalan and Nicaraguan experience to underline the importance of ethnicity for women's activism during and after the civil conflict. The first part of the book traces the influence of armed conflict on contemporary women's activism, by combining an analysis of women's personal histories with an analysis of structural and contextual factors. This critical analysis forms the basis of the second part of the book, which discusses several alternative forms of women's activism rooted in indigenous practices The book thereby combines a micro- and macro-level analysis to present a sound understanding of post-conflict women's activism.

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Author:   Tine Destrooper
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   63
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.622kg
ISBN:  

9789004248960


ISBN 10:   900424896
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   06 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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List of illustrations and tables Abbreviations Preface and acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE INFLUENCE OF CONFLICT AND ITS AFTERMATH ON THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT 1. A social history of the women's movement in Guatemala and Nicaragua 2. Social movement spillover and organizational learning in the post-conflict women's movement 3. Is there a real women's movement? Cooperation, fragmentation and divisions in the movement 4. Shifting paradigms: womanhood as a political strategy PART II: COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES TO WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT 5. Revisiting mainstream feminist approaches 6. Indigenous feminism and its experience-based approach to women's empowerment 7. The socio-political value of an experience-based approach. Rethinking strategies of collective action Conclusion: New perspectives for female mobilization Alphabetical overview of interviewees Bibliography Index

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Tine Destrooper, Ph.D. European University Institute (1986), is currently a researcher and guest professor at the universities of Leiden and Antwerp. She specializes in issues of gender, post-conflict societies, social mobilization and policy influencing in Central America and Europe.

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