TY - BOOK AU - Iglesias Prieto,Norma AU - Selby,Henry A. AU - Stone,Michael AU - Winkler,Gabrielle TI - Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora: Life Histories of Women Workers in Tijuana T2 - LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series SN - 9780292745834 AV - HD6073.O332.M495513 1997eb U1 - 331.48704209 PY - 2021///] CY - Austin : PB - University of Texas Press, KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Translators' Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Meeting the Demand --; 2. The Realm of Work --; 3. We Women Are More Responsible --; 4. Maquila Muchachas: Pretty Young Maids --; 5. Who I Am, Where I Come From, and Where I'm Going --; 6. Most Beautiful Flower of the Maquiladora --; 7. Solidev: An Embattled Maquiladora --; 8. By Way of Conclusion --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - Published originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this beautifully written book is based on interviews the author conducted with more than fifty Mexican women who work in the assembly plants along the U.S.-Mexico border. A descriptive analytic study conducted in the late 1970s, the book uses compelling testimonials to detail the struggles these women face. The experiences of women in maquiladoras are attracting increasing attention from scholars, especially in the context of ongoing Mexican migration to the country's northern frontier and in light of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This book is among the earliest accounts of the physical and psychological toll exacted from the women who labor in these plants. Iglesias Prieto captures the idioms of these working women so that they emerge as dynamic individuals, young and articulate personalities, inexorably engaged in the daily struggle to change the fundamental conditions of their exploitation UR - https://doi.org/10.7560/738683 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292745834 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292745834/original ER -