Gendering Anti-Facism : Women Activism in Argentina and the World, 1918-1947 / Sandra McGee Deutsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deutsch, Sandra McGee, 1950- author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--Argentina--History--20th century.

Women.

Anti-fascist movements--Argentina--History--20th century.

Anti-fascist movements.

Argentina--Politics and government--1910-1943.

Argentina.

Argentina--Politics and government--1943-1955.

Junta de la Victoria (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Argentine women's long resistance to extreme rightists, tyranny, and militarism culminated in the Junta de la Victoria, or Victory Board, a group that organized in the aftermath of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in defiance of the neutralist and Axis-leaning government in Argentina. A sewing and knitting group that provided garments and supplies for the Allied armies in World War II, the Junta de la Victoria was a politically minded association that mobilized women in the fight against fascism. Without explicitly characterizing itself as feminist, the organization promoted women's political rights and visibility and attracted forty-five thousand members. The Junta ushered diverse constituencies of Argentine women into political involvement in an unprecedented experiment in pluralism, coalition-building, and political struggle. Sandra McGee Deutsch uses this internationally minded but local group to examine larger questions surrounding the global conflict between democracy and fascism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A heritage of transnational democratic struggles in Argentina and the world, 1914-1941

Defining women's roles in the era of fascism : transnational "conversations" between Latin American fascists and antifascists, 1930-1941

Knitting together the local, national, and transnational : the rise of the Victory Board, 1941-1943

Bridging divides

Gendering antifascism in a patriarchal society

The cloth that binds : transnational relationships with the United States, Great Britain, and Uruguay, 1941-1944

"V for victory" or Vendepatria? : nationalists versus the Victory Board, 1941-1944

Transnational citizens : women's resistance and foreign collaborators, 1945-1947.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822989967

0822989964

OCLC:

1391134143