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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>An in-depth look at the sizeable population of women who are domestic workers in Latin America and the Caribbean<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877225713&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="523_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><!--none//--><h1>Muchachas No More</h1>
<H2>Household Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean</H2>
<h3>edited by Elsa M. Chaney and Mary Garcia Castro</h3>
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<BR> 520 pp
</P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"This excellent compilation of 22 essays, several of which are written by domestic workers themselves, addresses a wide range of issues, including the challenge domestic service poses to feminism and the role of domestic workers in the union movement."</I>
<br>—<b><I>New Directions For Women</I></b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE>
<p>This volume gives the first in-depth look at the sizeable population of women who are domestic workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Twenty-two essays document how these women have begun to struggle for recognition of their social role in the family unit, for the right to organize, and for the legislation and programs already won by other members of the working class. They have decided to be "muchachas"—"girls"—no more, but rather household workers, women with a profession.
<BR> <h2>Reviews</h2>
<p><I>"A number of pieces in the volume make major theoretical contributions to our understanding of the politics which surround household labor, many afford an insightful glimpse into the world view of domestics and several clarify the tensions in the feminist movement over the issue of domestic service. By covering a range of countries and engaging Latin American scholars in the their enterprise, the editors have constructed a volume that will have broad appeal."</I>
<br>—<b>Susan C. Bourque</b>, Professor of Government, Director of the Project on Women and Social Change, Smith College
<p><I>"This is the most impressive collection of case material to date on this segment, approximately 20 percent of the female work force in Latin America. The 22 essays from academics and activists, North and South, range from issues of history, ideology, and feminism to discrete country and organizational cases and individual testimonies.... The work will have many applications both academic and practical."</I>
<br>—<b><I>World Development</I></b>
<BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P>
<p>Introduction
<p><b>Part I: Domestic Service Yesterday</b>
<br>1. A History of Domestic Service in Spanish America, 1492-1980 – Elizabeth Kuznesof
<br>2. Domestic Service in Jamaica Since 1750 – B.W. Higman
<br>3. Servants and Masters in Rio de Janeiro: Perceptions of House and Street in the 1870s – Sandra Lauderdale Graham
<p><b>Part II: Domestic Service Today</b>
<br>4. Domestic Workers in Buenos Aires – M�nica Gogna
<br>5. What Is Bought and What Is Sold in Domestic Service? The Case of Bogota – May Garcia Castro
<br>6. Where is Maria Now? Former Domestic Workers in Per� – Margo Lane Smith
<br>7. Domestic Service in the Latin American Fotonovela – Cornelia Butler Flora
<br>8. Domestic Workers in the Caribbean – Patricia Mohammed
<br>9. "Just a Little Respect": West Indian Domestic Workers in New York City – Shellee Colen
<p><b>Part III: Questions for Feminism</b>
<br>10. Household Workers in the Dominican Republic: A Question for the Feminist Movement – Isis Duarte
<br>11. Politics and Programs of Domestic Workers� Organizations in Mexico – May Goldsmith
<br>12. Feminists and Domestic Workers in Rio de Janeiro – Hildete Pereira de Melo
<p><b>Part IV: Organization and the State</b>
<br>13. Organizations for Low-Income Women in Montevideo: Reenforcing Marginality? – Suzana Prates
<br>14. Household Workers in Per�: The Difficult Road to Organization – Thea Schellekens and Anja van der Schoot
<br>15. Housework for Pay in Chile: Not Just Another Job – Thelma G�lvez and Rosalba Todaro
<br>16. Domestic Labor and Domestic Service in Colombia – Magdalena Le�n
<br>17. Sharpening the Class Struggle: The Education of Domestic Workers in Cuba – Elena Gil Izquierdo
<p><b>Part V: In Their Own Words</b>
<br>18. Domestic Workers in Rio de Janeiro: Their Struggle to Organize – Anazir Maria de Oliveira and Odete Maria da Concei�ao with Hildete Pereira de Melo
<br>19. The History of Our Struggle – SINTRASEDOM (National Union of Household Workers, Colombia)
<br>20. The Autobiography of a Fighter (P�ru) – Adelinda D�az de Uriarte
<br>21. History of the Household Workers� Movement in Chile, 1926-1983 – A�da Moreno Valenzuela
<br>22. In Their Own Words – compiled by Mary Garcia Castro
<br>23. Domestic Service in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Computerized Data Base – Margo L. Smith
</P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2>
<P><b>Elsa M. Chaney</b> is Chair of Women in International Development Program and Visiting Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.</P>
<P><b>Mary Garcia Castro</b> is Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.</P>
<BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2>
<p><A HREF="/tempress/women.html" TARGET="_top">Women's Studies</a>
<BR><A HREF="/tempress/latin.html" TARGET="_top">Latin American/Caribbean Studies</a>
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<BR><h2 class="inpageheading">In the series</H2>
<P><I><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/women_political.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_top">Women in the Political Economy</a></i>, edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg.
</p><p>No longer active.<p><i>Women in the Political Economy</i>, edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg, includes books on women and issues of work, family, social movements, politics, feminism, and empowerment. It emphasizes women's roles in society and the social construction of gender and also explores current policy issues like comparable worth, international development, job training, and parental leave.</p>
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