The Costa Rican Women's Movement: A Reader

Book Overview

This reader reflects the genesis, scope, and direction of women's activism in a single Latin American country. It collects the voices of forty-one diverse women who live in Costa Rica, some radical, others strongly conservative, and most ranging inbetween, as they write about their lives, their problems, their aspirations. Unlike the comparative studies of women's issues that look at several different countries, the reader provides an insider's view...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822955431
• ISBN13: 9780822955436
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"