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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.
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Tables and Figures
- Glossary
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Para Defenderme: Empowering Oaxacan Women through Education and Teaching
- Chapter 2: Maestras’ Childhoods: Learning through Informal and Formal Education
- Chapter 3: Becoming a Teacher: Different Paths in Different Eras
- Chapter 4: Rhythms of Rural Teaching: Of Labor and Sacrifice
- Chapter 5: When the Political Is Personal: Women’s Participation in Local 22
- Chapter 6: Reaping the Rewards of Teaching: Marriage, Motherhood, and Other Life Decisions
- Chapter 7: Fending for Oneself and One’s Community: Planting Seeds of Change
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author