The paradox of paternalism : women and the politics of authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic / Elizabeth S. Manley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manley, Elizabeth S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paternalism--Dominican Republic.

Paternalism.

Women--Political aspects--Dominican Republic.

Women.

Women--Dominican Republic--Social conditions.

Women--Political aspects.

Women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Dominican Republic.

Physical Description:

xiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]

Summary:

Relying on a rich supply of archives and primary sources, Manley demonstrates that Dominican women participated in national and transnational politics and employed current global political discourse to become a vital component of the successes and failures of the Dominican authoritarian regime.

Contents:

Introduction: gendering the history of dictatorship and transnational politics

Advocating suffrage and sovereignty: Pan-American feminism and the rise of the Trujillato, 1922-1942

Defending the home against the chaos of communism: women, regime politics, and the Cold War, 1942-1961

Intimate violations: gender, family, and the Ajusticiamiento of Trujillo, 1944-1961

Neither Russia nor the United States: women and the search for legitimate democracy, 1961-1965

First to liberate women's lib: negotiating the politics of mediation during Balaguer's doce años, 1966-1978

Sangre Sin Revolución: the gendered politics of opposition through the doce años

Epilogue: International women's year and Dominican transnational feminism under authoritarianism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-309) and index.

ISBN:

9780813054292

081305429X

OCLC:

959594141