For a Just and Better World
Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1938
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23517427 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonia Hernández (0009-0006-9986-6075) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | For a Just and Better World (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5622/illinois/9780252044045.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4285338362 |
| ISBN | 9780252044045 |
| Open Library | OL33912376M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Building upon historic transnational connections between the cosmopolitan port of Tampico, the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, the Mexican north, and ports of entry across the Atlantic, a network of labor activists including women such as Caritina Piña emerged in the early twentieth century to address labor inequities. This book retraces the emergence of this network circulating on the eve of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. The early revolutionary period ushered in a wave of anarcho-syndicalist groups privileging organizing via labor unions and other collectives. Organizations such as the Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) were among the most progressive of collectives that incorporated women’s issues in their agenda. Its members encouraged women’s participation as compañeras , key to creating a real revolution. Yet, despite such progressive stance, gendered ideas about femininity and masculinity shaped members’ perspectives just as much as they shaped mainstream media outlets casting radical female activists as “women of ill-repute.” Their own understanding of gender and ideas about motherhood shaped women activists too. While anarcho-syndicalism declined as the revolutionary state grew stronger in its co-opting of organized labor, the legacy of women’s activism remained a distinctive feature of the greater Mexican borderlands. Women left an indelible mark on the Tamaulipas-Texas borderlands’ labor history. Such historic and gendered border solidarities, while imperfect, helped to build a foundation for postrevolutionary labor alliances.
Art · Femininity · Mainstream · Masculinity · Period (music) · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Anarchism · Employee rights · History · Women in the labor movement
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |