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This volume provides a comprehensive critique and review of more than two decades of crossdisciplinary research on women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The contributors, all leading scholars in their fields, evaluate scholarship on women and gender in specific disciplines and topical areas; demonstrate how this research is reconstructing knowl
List of contents
Introduction -- Women in Latin America: Current Research Trends -- Gender and National Politics: Issues and Trends in Women's Participation in Latin American Movements -- Women in the Development Process in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Anthropological Research on Latin American Women: Past Trends and New Directions for the 1990s -- Research on Migration and Women in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Women's Writing in Latin America: Critical Trends and Priorities -- Doing It for Themselves: Women's Research and Action in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- Defining a Common Ground: The Theoretical Meeting of Women's, Ethnic, and Area Studies
About the author
Edna Acosta-Belén is director of the Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) and professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Christine E. Bose is associate professor of sociology, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY.
Summary
This volume provides a comprehensive critique and review of more than two decades of crossdisciplinary research on women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Rather than remaining within strict disciplinary constraints, however, these studies reflect the inclusiveness and cross-fertilization of women's and gender scholarship.
