Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora: Life Histories of Women Workers in Tijuana
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...
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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.
ForewordTranslators' ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Meeting the Demand12The Realm of Work193We Women Are More Responsible294Maquila Muchachas: Pretty Young Maids365Who I Am, Where I Come From, and Where I'm Going466Most Beautiful Flower of the Maquiladora747Solidev: An Embattled Maquiladora818By Way of Conclusion98Appendices101Bibliography107Index111
