A01=Gloria Leal
A01=Marta Pineda
A01=Michael Gorkin
Author_Gloria Leal
Author_Marta Pineda
Author_Michael Gorkin
biographical
biography
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Category=JBSF1
Category=JHMC
childhood
children
coming of age
domestic
el salvador
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familia
family life
family living
family relationships
female stories
feminism
feminist
granddaughter
grandmother
grandparents
growing up
latin america
life story
parenting
parents
south america
spanish language
true story
womens issues
womens stories
Product details
- ISBN 9780520222403
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 Mar 2000
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The life histories and testimonies of nine Salvadoran women from different generations shape this intimate portrayal of contemporary El Salvador. The authors interviewed a grandmother, mother, and granddaughter from three Salvadoran families: La Familia Nunez, members of the upper class; La Familia Rivas, from El Salvador's growing middle class; and, La Familia Garcia, from the campo, the Salvadoran peasantry. The voices we hear convey a deep sense of the world of Salvadoran women and how life is lived in that Central American country today. Each woman tells her own life story, and interspersed with recollections of childhood, marriage, and childrearing are revealing accounts of El Salvador's turbulent political past and present. Reflected in the stories are the vast changes in educational and occupational opportunities for women and the shifts in male-female relationships. Class differences are still a fundamental part of Salvadoran life, but changes are occurring in this area as well. "From Grandmother to Granddaughter" is a vivid and authentic portrait of today's El Salvador that convincingly illustrates how individual lives can reflect the larger changes within a society.
Michael Gorkin is a psychologist and former Fulbright scholar in El Salvador. He is the author of Days of Honey, Days of Onion: The Story of a Palestinian Family in Israel (California, 1993) and Three Mothers, Three Daughters: Palestinian Women's Stories (California, 1995). Marta Pineda and Gloria Leal are psychologists in El Salvador.
