Gendered compromises : political cultures and the state in Chile, 1920-1950 / Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosemblatt, Karin Alejandra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Political aspects--Chile--History--20th century.

Chile--Politics and government--1920-1970.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With this book, Karin Rosemblatt presents a gendered history of the politics and political compromise that emerged in Chile during the 1930's and 1940's, when reformist popular-front coalitions held power. While other scholars have focused on the economic realignments and novel political pacts that characterized Chilean politics during this era, Rosemblatt explores how gender helped shape Chile's evolving national identity. Rosemblatt examines how and why the aims of feminists, socialists, labor activists, social workers, physicians, and political leaders converged around a shared gender

Contents:

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Forging Agreements: Respectability and Rule; 2. Constructing a Family Wage System: Wage Work and Identities; 3. Autonomy and Alliance: Feminists, Socialists, and Citizenship; 4. Gender and State Building: Charity, Rights, and the Professions; 5. State Regulation, Morality, and Material Reform; 6. Socialist Morality, Gender, and Class Unity; 7. In the Interstices: Democracy, Representation, and the Women's Movement; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-335) and index.

ISBN:

9798890869753

9780807860953

0807860956

OCLC:

476268703