Study Questions Number 25
Crawford & Unger. Marigold Best and Pamela Hussey, Rufina Amaya: Survivor of El Mozote. (311-314)
Crawford & Unger. Margaret Hooks in conversation with "Manuela," Widows fight for dignity and unity (315-319)
Crawford & unger. Afterword. (320-321)
hooks 18. Visionary feminism. (110-118)
Student Name ____________
Date due: 5-10-05
Psychology 358
Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.
1. What are the conditions in el Salvador? What events and forces account for these conditions? (311-314)
2. What is Rufina Amaya's vision of women's rights? (311-314)
3. What are the methods of organization and activism used in Rufina Amaya's community? (311-314)
4. What are the conditions of the Mayan Indian people in Guatemala? What events and forces account for these conditions? (315-319)
5. How have Mayan Indian women been treated by men? What are women doing about that treatment? (317-319)
6. Why do Crawford and Unger believe stories in their book of readings are important? (320)
7. Why do Crawford and Unger believe that the value of the stories in their book of readings do not depend upon them being "true?" Please explain. (320)
8. Many of the stories in Crawford and Unger tell us about how women change as they come to understand the power of social categorization. What do the authors mean by that? Why is the "power to name" important? (321)
9. A fundamental goal of visionary feminism was what? To that, though, the movement needed to move way beyond equal rights agendas to what? (110-111)
10. Why does hooks say that feminism is fundamentally a radical movement? (113)
11. Today many women want civil rights without feminism. What does hooks mean by that statement? What is wrong with that belief? What will happen if women get civil rights without feminism? (114)
12. What does hooks mean by visionary feminism? (110-118)