From Grandmother to Granddaughter: Salvadoran Women's Stories / Edition 1

by Michael Gorkin, Marta Pineda, Gloria Leal

Overview

The life histories and testimonies of nine Salvadoran women from different generations shape this intimate portrayal of contemporary El Salvador. The authors interviewed a grandmother, mother, and granddaughter from three Salvadoran families: La Familia Nuñez, members of the upper class; La Familia Rivas, from El Salvador's growing middle class; and La Familia García, from the campo, the Salvadoran peasantry. The voices we hear convey a deep sense of the world of Salvadoran women and how life is lived in that Central American country today.

Each woman tells her own life story, and interspersed with recollections of childhood, marriage, and childrearing are revealing accounts of El Salvador's turbulent political past and present. Reflected in the stories are the vast changes in educational and occupational opportunities for women and the shifts in male-female relationships. Class differences are still a fundamental part of Salvadoran life, but changes are occurring in this area as well.

From Grandmother to Granddaughter is a vivid and authentic portrait of today's El Salvador that convincingly illustrates how individual lives can reflect the larger changes within a society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520222403
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	03/17/2000
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	267
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Michael Gorkin is a psychologist and former Fulbright scholar in El Salvador. He is the author of Days of Honey, Days of Onion: The Story of a Palestinian Family in Israel (California, 1993) and Three Mothers, Three Daughters: Palestinian Women's Stories (California, 1995). Marta Pineda and Gloria Leal are psychologists in El Salvador.

Table of Contents

Map of El Salvador 
Acknowledgments 
Introduction by Michael Gorkin 

LA FAMILIA NUNEZ 
Nina Cecilia 
Monica 
Paulina 

LA FAMILIA GARCIA 
Marfa 
Lupe 
Nina Dolores 

LA FAMILIA RIVAS 
Dulce 
Nina Julia 
Sara 

Some Afterwords 
Chronology 
Glossary