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Raíces: Gender-Conscious Community Building in Santiago, Chile

Raíces: Gender-Conscious Community Building in Santiago, Chile This article discusses the history, activities, contributions, and challenges of Raíces, a women's collective based in Santiago, Chile, whose participants promote community change through popular education. The article explores the philosophical foundations of Raíces and locates the collective in its political and historical contexts. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which Raíces has confronted the tensions and contradictions of emergent democracy in a neoliberal economy, officialist feminism in state-sanctioned women's organizations, and everyday life for poor and working-class women who are marginalized by both. The implications for feminist social work practice are addressed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Raíces: Gender-Conscious Community Building in Santiago, Chile

Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work , Volume 17 (4): 23 – Nov 1, 2002

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SAGE
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ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/088610902237361
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Abstract

This article discusses the history, activities, contributions, and challenges of Raíces, a women's collective based in Santiago, Chile, whose participants promote community change through popular education. The article explores the philosophical foundations of Raíces and locates the collective in its political and historical contexts. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which Raíces has confronted the tensions and contradictions of emergent democracy in a neoliberal economy, officialist feminism in state-sanctioned women's organizations, and everyday life for poor and working-class women who are marginalized by both. The implications for feminist social work practice are addressed.

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Nov 1, 2002

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