Anay's Will to Learn: A Woman's Education in the Shadow of the Maquiladoras

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beauty school: attending, 90– 91; government program, 130; graduates of, 151; students in, 145–146. See also Instituto de Cosmetologia de Huixpan Border Patrol, 11, 77 Bowden, Charles, 10, 15, 116, 125 bracero program, 15 Buffalo Gap, Texas, 131–135 Buffalo Gap Church of Christ, 131– 135, 142, 152 bus transportation, 19, 27–28; colectivo , 142–143; in Huixpan, 43; and maquiladora, 21, 69– 70, 103, 109, 112, 113; to school, 88, 107 Calderón, Felipe, 11 cancer, 72, 93–94, 136, 156n3 child labor, 51–53, 59, 67 children, of Anay and Enrique: Elaine, 80, 82, 122, 128, 133, 140; Enrique (Kiké), 80, 82, 91, 99, 122, 135, 140; Eva, 26, 28, 75, 76, 81, 82, 83, 133–134, 140, 148; Juliet , 28, 75, 76, 81, 82, 133, 140 Index Church of Christ, 1, 25–26, 74, 75, 78. See also Buffalo Gap Church of Christ Ciudad Juárez: history of, 8–11; location , 1, 7; maquiladora employees , numbers of, 12, 14–15, 68; name, 155n2; population of, 13, 18, 137–138; rainy season in, 27, 78; violence in, 7, 11, 13, 118– 126, 135, 152–154 colonization, Spanish, 5, 6, 8, 21, 42, 84 Cortez, Hernán, 60, 157–158n3 cosmetology school. See Beauty School cross-border solidarity. See solidarity march; Women in Black cross-cultural communication, 5, 6, 78–79, 86 crosses, pink and black, 127, 128, 157n8 Davol Surgical Innovations, 92, 102, 105 Del Castillo, Adelaida, 22, 85 democratic Mexico, 8–9 | 168 | Anay’s Will to Learn disgovernment, desgobierno, 13 Don Arturo (Anay’s step-father), 44, 66, 68; abuse of Anay, 71– 73 drug gangs: extortion, 119; violence , 11, 131, 135 drugs: trade cartels, 124, 129, 137, 156n6; Gerardo’s involvement in, 119; illegal trade of, 10, 115, 118; U.S. market for, 129; War on, 11–12 Eber, Christine, 85, 86, 142 education: access to, 88, 90, 92, 101–105, 107; high schools in Mexico, 106–107; high school students, interviews with, 101– 105; and Laura, 61; open programs , 69, 88; public/private, 92; purpose of, 57, 61, 62, 64; rural , 60, 61; secundaria, 62–63, 88, 92; for teachers, 57–58; Zapatista , 62 education, and Anay: adult, 64, 147–148; beauty school, 90; elementary , 2, 54, 55; graduation, 95–101; in the maquiladora, 89; middle school/secundaria, 28, 59, 64, 76, 88–90; Valle Alta High School, 91–106 ethnography/ethnographic, 2–3, 85–86; and author, 155–156n3; critical, 2–3; feminist, 3 Eva (grandmother), 37–42, 43–44, 148; and alcoholism, 45, 83; and Anay, 43–44, 59, 65; early years, 41–42 feminist agency, 149–150 Fortune 500 businesses, 14 Francisco (grandfather), 37, 41–42, 44, 54, 66, 70–71, 82, 148 FronteraList. See Molloy, Molly Frontera NorteSur, 12, 52, 127, 157n8 Harnesses of Juárez, 68, 70, 71, 87, 89 Héctor (Anay’s brother), 73, 81, 82, 121; death, 152–153 Herrera Robles, Luis, 13 Huixpan: Anay relocates to, 136, 142–143; beauty school in, 144– 151; description of, 31–35; rainy season, 31, 39, 44 immigration: and Anay’s family, 136; to Ciudad Juárez, 6–7, 8, 10, 18, 24 informal markets, 52–53, 59 infrastructure, in maquiladora communities, 8, 13, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29, 76–78, 108–112, 126 Instituto de Cosmetologia de Huixpan , 143-145 interviewing, 3 Jensen, Roger (Grandpa Roger), 131, 134, 135, 136, 144 Jessica, 48–50, 51, 53 Las Cruces, New Mexico, 25, 28 lice, 50–51 maquiladora, 14, 17, 18, 68, 70– 71, 126, 157n7; abuses in, 17–24; benefits or incentives provided by, 15–16, 21, 68–69; childcare in, 17; curriculum in schools nearby, 62, 63; decrease in in- Index | 169 | dustry, 12–13, 89, 113, 137–138; education provided in, 69, 87– 90; employee (line worker) stories , 109–113; employees’ home/ community, 18, 108–109; Enrique working in, 80, 113; feminicides , association with, 115–116; history of, 14–15; locations, 15; numbers of employees, 14, 15, 68; salary for line workers, 15, 17; “sweatshops,” 16–17; women employment in, 21, 22, 23, 115 Margarita, 50, 51, 53 Margarito (Anay’s uncle), 35–36 Medina, Alejandro, 111–112, 123 Merida Initiative, 12, 129 mestizo, 26, 157–158n3 missionary, 75–76, 78, 79–80, 140– 142, 148. See also Buffalo Gap Church of Christ Molloy, Molly, 116, 118, 125, 157n8 Nacho, Profe, 55, 56–58, 59 neolibral, 5, 6, 150, 156n4 nini, 120–121 Noemi...