Weaving the Past: A History of Latin America's Indigenous Women from the Prehispanic Period to the Present

Table of contents

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• Weaving the Past i
• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments vii
• Contents ix
• Weaving the Past 1
• 1: Introducing the Indigenous Women of Latin America 3
• 2: Of Warriors and Working Women Gender in Later Prehispanic Mesoamerica and the Andes 18
• 3: Colliding Worlds Indigenous Women, Conquest, and Colonialism 53
• 4: With Muted Voices Mesoamerica's Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Women 90
• 5: Fighting for Survival Through Political Action and Cultural Creativity Indigenous Women in Contemporary South and Central America 127
• 6: Indigenous Women Creating Agendas for Change 169
• Organizations Mentioned in the Text and Their Acronyms 179
• Glossary 181
• Notes 185
• Bibliography 239
• Index 317