Name: Land of Women
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Author: María Sánchez
ISBN: 9781595349637

Type

Physical Book

Author

María Sánchez

Translated by

Curtis Bauer

Publisher

Trinity University Press

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.8 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9781595349637

Synopsis "Land of Women "

María Sánchez is obsessed with what she cannot see. As a field veterinarian following in the footsteps of generations before her, she travels the countryside of Spain bearing witness to a life eroding before her eyes--words, practices, and people slipping away because of depopulation, exploitation of natural resources, inadequate environmental policies, and development encroaching on farmland and villages. Sánchez, the first woman in her family to dedicate herself to what has traditionally been a male-dominated profession, rebuffs the bucolic narrative of rural life often written by--and for consumption by--people in cities, describing the multilayered social complexity of people who are proud, resilient, and often misunderstood. Sánchez interweaves family stories of three generations with reflections on science and literature. She focuses especially on the often dismissed and undervalued generations of women who have forgone education and independence to work the land and tend to family. In doing so, she asks difficult questions about gender equity and labor. Part memoir and part rural feminist manifesto, Land of Women acknowledges the sacrifices of Sánchez's female ancestors who enabled her to become the woman she is. A bestseller in Spain, Land of Women promises to ignite conversations about the treatment and perception of rural communities everywhere.

María Sánchez

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María Sánchez was born in Córdoba in 1989. Her entire family is from the Sierra Norte de Sevilla. Daughter and granddaughter of veterinarians, she is the first woman in her family to pursue a profession, field veterinarian, traditionally held by men. Graduated in Veterinary Science from the University of Córdoba in 2014. While studying at the University, she balanced her studies with books on literature and poetry.

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