Women's Organizing in a Global Context: Activism in Salvador, Brazil, at the Crossroad of Race, *Class and Gender

I examine the relations between the many activisms of women and the interrelations of oppressions as females, poor and blacks. I suggest that the activism of poor black women who live in the shantytowns of Salvador has specific features: motherly activism, apolitical, feminist, antiracist, among others. It takes place in a free space or neighborhood association where women feel liberated, empowered and undergo a life changing experience in terms of personal growth.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Padilla, Elsa Beatriz

Contributors dc:contributor

• Charis Thompson

• Political Science, General

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3023161

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86191