Table of Contents
Introduction Labor, Migration, and Relations of Production Women's Work and Unemployment in Northern Mexico Female Mexican Immigrants in San Diego County By the Day or the Week: Mexicana Domestic Workers in El Paso Maquiladoras in Mexicali: Integration or Exploitation? Consciousness, Organization, and Empowerment Gender Identification and Working-Class Solidarity among Maquila Workers in Ciudad Juárez: Stereotypes and Realities Tortuosidad: Shop Floor Struggles of Female Maquiladora Workers Programming Women's Empowerment: A Case from Northern Mexico Culture, Creativity, and Relations of Reproduction Shipwrecked in the Desert: A Short History of the Mexican Sisters of the House of the Providence in Douglas, Arizona, 1927—1949 Changes in Funeral Patterns and Gender Roles among Mexican Americans Oral History and La Mujer: The Rosa Guerrero Story Conclusion