- PATERNOSTRO, IN THE LAND OF GOD AND MAN, AND I, RIGOBERTA MENCHU [50 points, required to answer]
a. in what ways does gender versus class, race, and ethnicity shape lives and values of women in Latin America? Which factor appears to account most for women’s experiences?
b. What are key differences in women’s experiences portrayed in the 2 books and what accounts for them?
c. Discuss the strengths & weaknesses of the methodology of the 2 books. - ON WOMEN & THE ECONOMY [25 points] [based on readings and film]
a. What range of experiences have women had in diverse economic sectors [in agriculture, industry, and the services]?
b. What seems to determine women’s labor market options? Level of economic development of a country? Globalization? Or…? - CULTURE, based on articles [25 points]:
a. How does “Marianismo” differ from machismo? How to explain the different characteristics of each [based on Marianismo reading & Paterostro]
b. What are some experiences that women have in working in factories? How do you explain these experiences? Are women happy to have the jobs?
c. How does Scheper-Hughes describe mother love? Why do mother/children relations take the form she describes? Is mothering an innate instinct?
d. What are some forms of violence against women? Why do they occur? - MEN: [25 points]
a. How are different ways that male-male relations have been viewed by society?
b. In what ways are their relations similar/different than in the US?
c. What are examples of “gender bending” and when/why do they occur?
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