Women Teachers of Rural Oaxaca

Jayne Howell

doi:10.5771/9781666904130

Summary

A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title

Mexican maestras (women teachers) became an ubiquitous presence in the countryside following the Mexican Revolution and have continued to make valuable contributions to their students and society over the past century. Dedicated rural teachers are assigned to some of the most remote communities in Mexico, and frequently spend years living away from their homes and families while teaching. Drawing on agentive women’s narratives, this ethnographic study explores how the acquisition of schooling and employment empowers maestras to defenderse (take care of themselves and their loved ones), make informed personal decisions, and promote societal change by serving as role models for their students, relatives, and neighbors.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0412-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0413-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 224
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. 1. Tables No access
  2. Figures No access
4. Glossary No access
5. List of Abbreviations No access
1. Learning about Rural Maestras’ Lives No access
2. Para Defenderse: Schooling as a Route to Women’s Empowerment No access
3. Barriers and Benefits of Women’s Schooling No access
4. Contextualizing Oaxaca’s Schooling System in Space and Time No access
5. Conquest and the Colonial Era No access
6. Post-Independence No access
7. Post-Revolutionary Oaxaca No access
8. 1. Las Maestras Rurales No access
9. Layout of Text No access
10. Notes No access
1. Learning the Rhythms of Rural Life Part 1: Familia Martínez Gordillo No access
2. Learning the Rhythms of Rural Life Part 2: Familia Zárate Cordova No access
3. 1. Living and Financial Arrangements No access
4. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. Maestra Patricia: Studying at a Rural Internado No access
    2. Maestra Julia: Agency, Aspirations and Sacrifices No access
    3. Maestra Ita: Teaching Runs in Families No access
  2. 1. Maestra Felicia: From Cultural Mission to Credential No access
    2. Damaris: From Promotora to Maestra No access
  3. 1. Maestra Zoila: From Village to City to Village No access
2. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. Maestra Leona: A Hectic Daily and Weekly Routine No access
  2. Performing Tequio: Legacies of SEP Policies of Community Involvement No access
  3. 1. Maestra Ursula: Realities of Teaching in an Impoverished Community No access
    2. Maestra Flor: An Agentive Middle-School Principal No access
  4. Casas del Maestro No access
  5. Respect and Safety No access
  6. 1. Maestra Patricia Redux: Challenges of Communication No access
    2. Maestra Damaris: A Bilingual Promotora cum Teacher No access
2. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. The APPO Movement No access
    2. La Alianza para la Calidad de la Educación (ACE) and La Reforma Educativa No access
  2. Maestras’ Participation in Public Aspects of “La Lucha” No access
  3. The Personal Limits the Political: Maestras and Leadership in Local 22 No access
  4. The Work-Life Imbalance No access
2. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. Maestra Elena Redux: A Devoted Elder Sister No access
  2. 1. Maestra Susana: Prioritizing One’s Independence No access
  3. 1. Maestra Sonia Redux: Marriage is a Partnership No access
    2. Maestra Betty: A [Temporary] Primary Bread Winner No access
    3. Maestra Guadalupe: Surviving an Abusive Marriage No access
  4. 1. Maestra Leona Redux: Adapting to Living Away from One’s Child No access
    2. Tensions Around Mothers’ Extradomestic Labor No access
  5. Status Beyond the Home and Classroom No access
2. Notes No access
1. 1. Empowerment on the Personal Level No access
  2. Planting the Seeds of Change No access
  3. Concluding Thoughts No access
2. Notes No access
Appendix A No access Pages 193 - 200
Appendix B No access Pages 201 - 202
Bibliography No access Pages 203 - 214
Index No access Pages 215 - 222
About the Author No access Pages 223 - 224