Come Hell or High Water

In this insightful new book, Tine Destrooper analyzes the political projects of feminist activists in light of their experience as former revolutionaries. She compares the Guatemalan and Nicaraguan experience to underline the importance of ethnicity for women’s activism during and after the civil conflict.

The first part of the book traces the influence of armed conflict on contemporary women’s activism, by combining an analysis of women’s personal histories with an analysis of structural and contextual factors. This critical analysis forms the basis of the second part of the book, which discusses several alternative forms of women’s activism rooted in indigenous practices

Combining a mico- and macro-level analysis to present a sound understanding of women’s activism post-conflict, this Come Hell or High Water is an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and today’s feminist activists.

List of illustrations and tables
Abbreviations
Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction

PART I: THE INFLUENCE OF CONFLICT AND ITS AFTERMATH ON THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
1. A social history of the women's movement in Guatemala and Nicaragua
2. Social movement spillover and organizational learning in the post-conflict women's movement
3. Is there a real women’s movement? Cooperation, fragmentation and divisions in the movement
4. Shifting paradigms: womanhood as a political strategy

PART II: COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES TO WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
5. Revisiting mainstream feminist approaches
6. Indigenous feminism and its experience-based approach to women's empowerment
7. The socio-political value of an experience-based approach. Rethinking strategies of collective action

Conclusion: New perspectives for female mobilization
Alphabetical overview of interviewees
Bibliography
Index