Women's activism in Latin America and the Caribbean : engendering social justice, democratizing citizenship / edited by Elizabeth Maier and Nathalie Lebon; foreword by Sonia E. Alvarez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maier, Elizabeth.

Lebon, Nathalie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--Latin America.

Women.

Women--Political activity--Caribbean Area.

Feminism--Latin America.

Feminism.

Feminism--Caribbean Area.

Women--Latin America--Social conditions.

Women--Caribbean Area--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars who analyze and document the diversity, vibrancy, and effectiveness of women's experiences and organizing in Latin America and the Caribbean during the past four decades. Most of the expressions of collective agency are analyzed in this book within the context of the neoliberal model of globalization that has seriously affected most Latin American and Caribbean women's lives in multiple ways. Contributors explore the emergence of the area's feminist movement, dictatorships of the 1970's, the Central American uprisings, the urban, grassroots organizing for better living conditions, and finally, the turn toward public policy and formal political involvement and the alternative globalization movement. Geared toward bridging cultural realities, this volume represents women's transformations, challenges, and hopes, while considering the analytical tools needed to dissect the realities, understand the alternatives, and promote gender democracy.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / Alvarez, Sonia E.

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Part I. Setting the Stage

Introduction / Lebon, Nathalie

1. Accommodating the Private into the Public Domain: Experiences and Legacies of the Past Four Decades / Maier, Elizabeth

Part II. Women, Work, and Families: The Structural Context of Globalization

2. Women's Work and Neoliberal Globalization: Implications for Gender Equity / Colón, Alice / Poggio, Sara

3. Female-Headed Households and Poverty in Latin America: A Comparison of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic / Safa, Helen

4. A "Top-Down"-"Bottom-Up" Model: Four Decades of Women's Employment and Gender Ideology in Cuba / Sarmiento, Marta Núñez

Part III. Women's Agency for Plural Democracy and Full Citizenship

5. The Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Speak / Marco, Graciela Di

6. Gender Politics in Nicaragua: Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Return of Daniel Ortega / Kampwirth, Karen

7. Haiti: Women in Conquest of Full and Total Citizenship in an Endless Transition / Merlet, Myriam

8. From Urban Elite to Peasant Organizing: Agendas, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Thirty-plus Years of Guatemalan Feminism, 1975-2007 / Carrillo, Ana Lorena / Chinchilla, Norma Stoltz

Part IV. Broadening the Circle of Women's Activism: New Meanings from Intersecting Oppressions

9. Women's Movements in Argentina: Tensions and Articulations / Marco, Graciela Di

10. Advocating for Citizenship and Social Justice: Black Women Activists in Brazil / Caldwell, Kia Lilly

11. Itineraries of Latin American Lesbian Insubordination / Mogrovejo, Norma

12. Respect, Discrimination, and Violence: Indigenous Women in Ecuador, 1990-2007 / Prieto, Mercedes / Pequeño, Andrea / Cominao, Clorinda / Flores, Alejandra / Maldonado, Gina

Part V. Shaping Public Policy with a Gender Perspective

13. Peace Begins at Home: Women's Struggles against Violence and State Actions in Costa Rica / Sagot, Montserrat

14. New Challenges in Feminist Practice: The Women's Institutes in Mexico / Tarrés, María Luisa

15. Women's Struggles for Rights in Venezuela: Opportunities and Challenges / Rakowski, Cathy A. / Espina, Gioconda

16. Trickling Up, Down, and Sideways: Gender Policy and Political Opportunity in Brazil / Macaulay, Fiona

Part VI. The Politics of Scale: Local, Regional, and Global Feminist Agency

17. From Insurgency to Feminist Struggle: The Search for Social Justice, Democracy, and Equality between Women and Men / Herrera, Morena

18. The Latin American Network of Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir / Navarro, Marysa / Mejía, María Consuelo

19. Constructing New Democratic Paradigms for Global Democracy: The Contribution of Feminisms / Vargas, Virginia

Part VII. Concluding Considerations

20. Concluding Reflections: Renegotiating Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean / Maier, Elizabeth

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-4951-5

OCLC:

646699469