Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora

Life Histories of Women Workers in Tijuana

Bibliographic Data

ID19934267
AuthorsNorma Iglesias Prieto (corresponding author), Gabrielle Winkler, Henry A Selby, Michael Stone (0000-0002-6798-4257)
Year1997
Publication date1997-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueBeautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7560/738683
OpenAlexW4256374981
ISBN9780292745834
Open LibraryOL34879434M
LanguageEN
Citations received26

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

Art · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Latin American and Latino Studies · biography · Economic conditions · employment · Employment · Interviews · Mexican-American Border Region · Mexico · Migrant labor · Social conditions · Tijuana (Baja California Norte) · Women · Women offshore assembly industry workers

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