Indigenous Women’s Movements in Latin America: Gender and Ethnicity in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia (Crossing Boundaries of Gender and Politics in the Global South)

This book presents a comparative analysis of the organizing trajectories of indigenous women’s movements in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia. The authors’ innovative research reveals how the articulation of gender and ethnicity is central to shape indigenous women’s discourses. It explores the political contexts and internal dynamics of indigenous movements, to show that they created different opportunities for women to organize and voice specific demands. This, in turn, led to various forms of organizational autonomy for women involved in indigenous movements. The trajectories vary from the creation of autonomous spaces within mixed-gender organizations to the creation of independent organizations. Another pattern is that of women’s organizations maintaining an affiliation to a male-dominated mixed-gender organization, or what the authors call “gender parallelism”. This book illustrates how, in the last two decades, indigenous women have challenged various forms of exclusion through different strategies, transforming indigenous movements’ organizations and collective identities. "Acknowledgments" -- "Contents" -- "Chapter 1: Indigenous Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Movements: An Intersectional Approach to Studying Social Movements" -- "1 Indigenous Movements in Latin America" -- "2 Indigenous Women and Gender Dynamics in Indigenous Movements" -- "3 How We Study Indigenous Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Mobilization" -- "3.1 An Intersectional Analysis of Social Movements" -- "3.2 Explaining the Emergence of Indigenous Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Movements" -- "3.2.1 Opening/Closing of Social Movements to Indigenous Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Discourse" -- "3.2.2 Boundary-Making Within Gender-Mixed Organizations" -- "3.2.3 Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Movement Identity" -- "3.2.4 Role of External Actors" -- "4 Our Case Comparison" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Part I: Bolivia" -- "Chapter 2: Indigenous Movements Merge into Party and State Politics" -- "1 Race/Ethnicity in Twentieth-Century Bolivia" -- "2 An Indigenous Party in Power" -- "3 The Indigenous Movement" -- "4 Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 3: Indigenous Women Transform the Politics of Representing Women" -- "1 Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Organizing Through Different Processes and Collective Identities" -- "1.1 The ConfederaciÃ3n Nacional De Mujeres Campesinas IndÃƯgenas Originarias De Bolivia â#x80;Bartolina Sisaâ#x80;#x9D;" -- "1.2 ConfederaciÃ3n Sindical De Mujeres De Comunidades Interculturales De Bolivia" -- "1.3 The ConfederaciÃ3n Nacional De Mujeres IndÃƯgenas De Bolivia" -- "1.4 Consejo Nacional De Ayllus y Markas Del Qullasuyu" -- "2 The Agency of Organized Indigenous Women" -- "2.1 Gains and Victories" -- "2.2 Tensions and Conflicts" -- "3 Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Part II: Mexico" -- "Chapter 4: Indigenous Self-Determination: From National Dialogues to Local Autonomies" -- "1 Race/Ethnicity in the Twentieth-Century Mexico" -- "1.1 Mestizaje and Indigenismo" This book presents a comparative analysis of the organizing trajectories of indigenous women's movements in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia. The authors' innovative research reveals how the articulation of gender and ethnicity is central to shape indigenous women's discourses. It explores the political contexts and internal dynamics of indigenous movements, to show that they created different opportunities for women to organize and voice specific demands. This, in turn, led to various forms of organizational autonomy for women involved in indigenous movements. The trajectories vary from the creation of autonomous spaces within mixed-gender organizations to the creation of independent organizations. Another pattern is that of women's organizations maintaining an affiliation to a male-dominated mixed-gender organization, or what the authors call zgender parallelismy. This book illustrates how, in the last two decades, indigenous women have challenged various forms of exclusion through different strategies, transforming indigenous movements' organizations and collective identities Front Matter....Pages i-x Indigenous Women’s Movements: An Intersectional Approach to Studying Social Movements....Pages 1-24 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 Indigenous Movements Merge into Party and State Politics....Pages 27-54 Indigenous Women Transform the Politics of Representing Women....Pages 55-81 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Indigenous Self-Determination: From National Dialogues to Local Autonomies....Pages 85-110 Indigenous Women’s Struggle for Autonomy....Pages 111-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 The “Exceptional Case” No Longer So Exceptional....Pages 141-166 Indigenous Women Strengthen the Indigenous Movement....Pages 167-196 Conclusion....Pages 197-209 Back Matter....Pages 211-225 Part I. Bolivia. Indigenous Women's Movements: An Intersectional Approach To Studying Social Movements -- Indigenous Movements Merge Into Party And State Politics -- Indigenous Women Transform The Politics Of Representing Women -- Part Ii. Mexico. Indigenous Self-determination: From National Dialogues To Local Autonomies -- Indigenous Women's Struggle For Autonomy -- Part Iii. Peru. The Exceptional Case No Longer So Exceptional -- Indigenous Women Strengthen The Indigenous Movement. Stéphanie Rousseau, Anahi Morales Hudon. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.