Lynn StephenZapotec Women
Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Globalized Oaxaca
Lynn Stephen is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon. She is the author of several books, including Zapata Lives! Histories and Cultural Politics in Southern Mexico; Women and Social Movements in Latin America: Power from Below; and Hear My Testimony: María Teresa Tula, Human Rights Activist of El Salvador.
List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. Ethnicity and Class in the Changing Lives of Zapotec Women 15
2. Kinship, Gender, and Economic Globalization 46
3. Six Women’s Stories:Julia, Cristina, Angela, Alicia, Imelda, and Isabel
63
4. Setting the Scene: The Zapotecs of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca 92
5. Contested Histories: Women, Men, and the Relations of Production in
Teotitlan, 1920—1950s 122
6. Weaving as Heritage: Folk Art, Aesthetics, and the Commercialization of
Zapotec Textiles 152
7. From Contract to Co-op: Gender, Commercialization, and Neoliberalism in
Teotitlan 200
8. Changes in the Civil-Religious Hierarchy and Their Impact on Women 231
9: Fiesta. The Gendered Dynamics of Ritual Participation 250
10. Challenging Political Culture:Women’s Changing Political Participation
in Teotitlan 282
After Words: On Speaking and Being Heard 324
Notes 333
Glossary of Spanish and Zapotec Terms 339
Bibliography 343
Index 371
