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1 online resource (xiii, 381 pages) |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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One step forward, two steps back: gender and the state in the long nineteenth century / Elizabeth Dore -- Twentieth-century state formations in Latin America / Maxine Molyneux -- Civilizing domestic life in the central valley of Costa Rica, 1750-1850 / Eugenia Rodríguez S. -- Slave women's strategies for freedom and the late Spanish colonial state / María Eugenia Chaves -- Rape and the anxious republic: revolutionary Colombia, 1810-1830 / Rebecca Earle -- Property, households, and public regulation of domestic life: Diriomo, Nicaragua, 1840-1900 / Elizabeth Dore -- Parents before the tribunals: the legal construction of patriarchy in Argentina / Donna J. Guy -- Modernizing patriarchy: state policies, rural households, and women in Mexico, 1930-1940 / Mary Kay Vaughan -- Commemorating the heroínas: gender and civic ritual in early-twentieth-century Bolivia / Laura Gotkowitz -- Women and the home in Mexican family law / Ann Varley -- Domesticating men: state building and class compromise in popular-front Chile / Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt -- State, gender, and institutional change: the Federación de Mujeres Cubanas / Maxine Molyneux -- Gender and the state in Argentina: the case of the Sindicato de Amas de Casa / Jo Fisher -- Getting gender on the policy agenda: a study of a Brazilian feminist lobby group / Fiona Macaulay |
| Summary |
This collection examines the mutually influential interactions of gender and the state in Latin America from the late colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. Locating watershed moments in the processes of gender construction by the organized power of the ruling classes and in the processes by which gender has conditioned state-making, Hidden Histories of Gender and the State in Latin Americaremedies the lack of such considerations in previous studies of state formation. Along these lines, the book begins with two theoretical chapters by the editors, Elizabeth Dore and Maxine Molyneux. Dore opens by arguing against the prevailing view that the nineteenth century was marked by a gradual emancipation of women, while Molyneux considers how various Latin American state formsliberal, corporatist, socialist, neoliberalhave more recently sought to incorporate women into their projects of social reform and modernization. These essays are followed by twelve case studies that examine how states have contributed to the normalization of male and female roles and relations. Covering an impressive breadth not only of historical time but also of geographical scope, this volume moves from Brazil to Costa Rica, from Mexico to Chile, traversing many countries in between. Contributors explore such topics as civic ritual in Bolivia, rape in war-torn Colombia, and the legal construction of patriarchy in Argentina. They examine the public regulation of domestic life, feminist lobby groups, class compromise, female slaves, and women in rural householdsdistinct, salient aspects of the state-gender relationship in specific countries at specific historical junctures. By providing a richly descriptive and theoretically grounded account of the interaction between state and gender politics in Latin America, this volume contributes to an important conversation between feminists interested in the state and political scientists interested in gender. It will be valuable to such disciplines as history, sociology, international comparative studies, and Latin American studies. Contributors. María Eugenia Chaves, Elizabeth Dore, Rebecca Earle, Jo Fisher, Laura Gotkowitz, Donna J. Guy, Fiona Macaulay, Maxine Molyneux, Eugenia Rodriguez, Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt, Ann Varley, Mary Kay Vaughan |
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Papers which later grew out of a conference held at London University's Institute of Latin American Studies in June 1996 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Lateinamerika gnd |
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Sex role -- Political aspects -- Latin America -- History
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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Sex role -- Political aspects
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Geschlechterrolle
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Politik
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Kongress
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Sekseverschillen.
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Staatsvorming.
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Femmes -- Amérique latine -- Conditions sociales.
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Rôle selon le sexe -- Amérique latine.
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Latin America
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Dore, Elizabeth.
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Molyneux, Maxine.
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| ISBN |
0822380234 |
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9780822380238 |
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0822324695 |
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9780822324690 |
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1283061821 |
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9781283061827 |
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