Rereading women in Latin America and the Caribbean : the political economy of gender / edited by Jennifer Abbassi and Sheryl L. Lutjens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abbassi, Jennifer, 1961-

Lutjens, Sheryl.

Series:

Latin American perspectives in the classroom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Latin America--Economic conditions.

Women.

Women--Political activity.

Economic conditions.

Latin America.

Women--Caribbean Area--Economic conditions.

Women--Latin America--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Women--Caribbean Area--Social conditions.

Caribbean Area.

Women--Political activity--Latin America.

Women--Political activity--Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

xi, 393 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]

Summary:

This indispensable text reader provides a broad-ranging and thoughtfully organized feminist introduction to the ongoing controversies of development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Designed for use in a variety of college courses, the volume collects

Contents:

Introduction: Theory, Themes, and the Realities of Gender in Latin America / Jennifer Abbassi, Sheryl L. Lutjens 1

Part I Women, Work, and Development

Selection from "Women, Development, and Anthropological Facts and Fictions," / Eleanor Leacock 20

Selection from "Approaches to Understanding the Position of Women in the Informal Sector," / Tamar Diana Wilson 29

2 Economic Restructuring and Gender Subordination / Helen I. Safa 43

3 The Urban Family and Poverty in Latin America / Mercedes Gonzalez de la Rocha 61

4 The Myth of Being "Like a Daughter" / Grace Esther Young 78

5 Women in Mexico's Popular Movements: Survival Strategies against Ecological and Economic Impoverishment / Lynn Stephen 91

6 Caribbean Transnationalism As a Gendered Process / Christine G. T. Ho 112

Part II Politics, Policies, and the State

Selection from "Mobilizing Women: Revolution in the Revolution," / Norma Stoltz Chinchilla 132

Selection from "Gender Equality in the Salvadoran Transition," / Ilja A. Luciak 142

8 Chilean Women's Organizations and Their Potential for Change / Rosa M. Canadell 157

9 El Comite de Amas de Casa de Siglo XX: An Organizational Experience of Bolivian Women / Moema Viezzer 172

10 The Mother of the Nicaraguans: Dona Violeta and the UNO's Gender Agenda / Karen Kampwirth 179

11 Constructing and Negotiating Gender in Women's Police Stations in Brazil / Sara Nelson 197

12 Reading between the Lines: Women, the State, and Rectification in Cuba / Sheryl L. Lutjens 213

13 Seeking Our Own Food: Indigenous Women's Power and Autonomy in San Pedro, Chenalho, Chiapas (1980-1998) / Christine E. Eber 231

Part III Culture, History, and Feminisms

Selection from "Women, Class, and Education in Mexico, 1880-1928," / Mary K. Vaughan 251

Selection from "Reclaiming Voices: Notes on a New Female Practice in Journalism," / Margaret Randall 261

Selection from "If Truth Be Told," / Jan Rus 264

15 Story without Words: Women and the Creation of a Mestizo People in Guayaquil, 1820-1835 / Camilla Townsend 278

16 Brazilian Women in Exile: The Quest for an Identity / Angela Xavier de Brito 294

17 Remembering the Dead: Latin American Women's "Testimonial" Discourse / Nancy Saporta Sternbach 311

18 Roger Sanchez's "Humor Erotico" and the Semana Comica: A Sexual Revolution in Sandinista Nicaragua? / David Kunzle 323

19 Evita: The Globalization of a National Myth / Marta E. Savigliano 344

Annotated Index of Articles on Women and Gender in / Latin American Perspectives 361.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742510743

0742510751

OCLC:

47297692