Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora: Life Histories of Women Workers in Tijuana (Translations from Latin America Series) (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series)

Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora: Life Histories of Women Workers in Tijuana (Translations from Latin America Series) (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series)

by Michael Stone (Translator), Michael Stone (Translator), Gabrielle Winkler (Translator), Henry Selby (Foreword), Norma Iglesias Prieto (Author)

Synopsis

Published originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this beautifully written book is based on interviews the author conducted with more than fifty Mexican women who work in the assembly plants along the U.S.-Mexico border. A descriptive analytic study conducted in the late 1970s, the book uses compelling testimonials to detail the struggles these women face.

The experiences of women in maquiladoras are attracting increasing attention from scholars, especially in the context of ongoing Mexican migration to the country's northern frontier and in light of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This book is among the earliest accounts of the physical and psychological toll exacted from the women who labor in these plants. Iglesias Prieto captures the idioms of these working women so that they emerge as dynamic individuals, young and articulate personalities, inexorably engaged in the daily struggle to change the fundamental conditions of their exploitation.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 143
Edition: UNIV OF TEXAS PR ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 01 Jun 1997

ISBN 10: 0292738692
ISBN 13: 9780292738690
Book Overview: Poignant and powerful, this work is a tribute to the dignity of the human spirit. It should be required reading for policymakers on both sides of the political border separating Mexico and the United States. -- Vicki L. Ruiz, Professor of History and Women's Studies, Arizona State University

Author Bio
Norma Iglesias Prieto is a researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana. Translator Michael Stone is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Hartwick College in New York. Gabrielle Winkler holds an M.A. from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.