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"In Latin American history, women have been both active players and passive recipients of state-inflicted policies. The explosion of research over the last fifteen years is testiment to how much we still have to learn about their experiences. Women and Gender in Modern Latin America is a collection of both secondary sources and primary sources, many translated for the first time, that brings the story of women's involvement in modern Latin American history up to date. Beginning with the bitter, prolongedwars of Spanish American independence, the collection touches on both the rise of the new state governments and women's increasing involvement in politics, as well as their roles in daily life and as the heads of many households. The book also examines the expectations, responsibilities and limitations facing women in their varied roles, touching on feminism, labor and economics, revolution, and sex and motherhood. Pamela Murray draws on the best new research to inform the chapters, and has pulled together a variety of fascinating primary sources to bolster the chapters, including interviews, speeches, testimony, images, government documents, and private correspondence. Whether for a course specifically on women in Latin America, or as an addition to a Modern Latin America survey course, Women and Gender in Modern Latin America provides a comprehensive overview of the experience of women across Latin America"--
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Engendering Independence, 1810-1820s
Chapter 2: Women and Aspects of Everyday Life, 1820s-c. 1870
Chapter 3: Gender and Nation, 1830s-c. 1880
Chapter 4: Rise of Feminism, 1880s-c.1934
Chapter 5: Economic Modernization and the Gendered Division of Labor, c. 1900-1970
Chapter 6: Women in the Age of Nationalism and Social Revolution, 1930s-c. 1980
Chapter 7: Engendering Reaction and Rights Struggles, 1970s-c. 1990
Chapter 8: Sex, Marriage, and Family within Changing Societies, 1960s-c. 2000
Chapter 9: Women and Gender in an Era of Globalization, c. 1980-2000s
About the author
Pamela S. Murray is Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is the author of For Glory and Bolívar: The Remarkable Life of Manuela Sáenz and Dreams of Development: Colombia’s National School of Mines and its Engineers, 1887-1970.
