Mujer y conflictos socio-culturales
Subtitle: el caso de las migrantes de Caquiaviri en la ciudad de La Paz
By: Lucila Criales Burgos.
Series: Serie Mujer; Serie Mujer (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. Taller de Historia Oral Andina).
Publisher: Aruwiyiri; Taller de Historia Oral Andina
Published: 1994
Place of publication: La Paz
Language: spa
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Women -- Bolivia -- Caquiaviri -- Social conditions.; Women -- Bolivia -- La Paz -- Social conditions.; Rural-urban migration -- Bolivia -- Caquiaviri.; Rural-urban migration -- Bolivia -- La Paz.; Migrant labor -- Bolivia -- Caquiaviri.; Migrant labor -- Bolivia -- La Paz.; Migration, Internal -- Bolivia.
Description: "Contemporary examination of women from the Caquiaviri zone of the Altiplano who migrated to La Paz. Thin volume discusses the ethnic and gender discrimination they experienced, as well as the entrepreneurial success some achieved. Demonstrates the complexities and ambiguities of assimilating the dominant Western culture, while also asserting one's own culture within an urban milieu"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-74).