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Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean
Engendering Social Justice, Democratizing Citizenship
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2010
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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 1970s, 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.
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ELIZABETH MAIER is a professor at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Colef) in Mexico and former chair of the Gender and Feminist Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association.
NATHALIE LEBON is an anthropologist and assistant professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at Gettysburg College, affiliated with the Latin American Studies Program.
NATHALIE LEBON is an anthropologist and assistant professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at Gettysburg College, affiliated with the Latin American Studies Program.
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"The book offers rich empirical detail and sharp insight into the ways in which gender and sexuality are profoundly implicated in the political and economic trends of a region permeated by global forces."
— Signs"Although the editors, feminist studies professor Elizabeth Maier and anthropologist Nathalie Lebon, celebrate the achievements of feminist struggles, they also examine the challenges ahead. Several chapters analyze the consolidation of anti-choice movements in some countries, including Nicaragua under the left-wing pro-life president Daniel Ortega.The book offers insight into feminist movements in the region, threats to weaken their radical politics, and the backlash from conservative groups."
— NACLA Report on the Americas"Maier and Lebon have assembled an outstanding collection of essays on women's activism in Latin America and the Caribbean. The result is a refreshing work that will become a landmark study and a comprehensive resource that researchers and students will consult for years to come. Essential."
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
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List of Abbreviations
xix - Part I. Setting the Stage
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Introduction
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1. Accommodating the Private into the Public Domain: Experiences and Legacies of the Past Four Decades
26 - Part II. Women, Work, and Families: The Structural Context of Globalization
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2. Women’s Work and Neoliberal Globalization: Implications for Gender Equity
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3. Female-Headed Households and Poverty in Latin America: A Comparison of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic
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4. A “Top-Down”–“Bottom-Up” Model: Four Decades of Women’s Employment and Gender Ideology in Cuba
76 - Part III. Women’s Agency for Plural Democracy and Full Citizenship
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5. The Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Speak
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6. Gender Politics in Nicaragua: Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Return of Daniel Ortega
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7. Haiti: Women in Conquest of Full and Total Citizenship in an Endless Transition
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8. From Urban Elite to Peasant Organizing: Agendas, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Thirty-plus Years of Guatemalan Feminism, 1975–2007
140 - Part IV. Broadening the Circle of Women’s Activism: New Meanings from Intersecting Oppressions
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9. Women’s Movements in Argentina: Tensions and Articulations
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10. Advocating for Citizenship and Social Justice: Black Women Activists in Brazil
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11. Itineraries of Latin American Lesbian Insubordination
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12. Respect, Discrimination, and Violence: Indigenous Women in Ecuador, 1990–2007
203 - Part V. Shaping Public Policy with a Gender Perspective
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13. Peace Begins at Home: Women’s Struggles against Violence and State Actions in Costa Rica
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14. New Challenges in Feminist Practice: The Women’s Institutes in Mexico
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15. Women’s Struggles for Rights in Venezuela: Opportunities and Challenges
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16. Trickling Up, Down, and Sideways: Gender Policy and Political Opportunity in Brazil
273 - Part VI. The Politics of Scale: Local, Regional, and Global Feminist Agency
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17. From Insurgency to Feminist Struggle: The Search for Social Justice, Democracy, and Equality between Women and Men
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18. The Latin American Network of Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir
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19. Constructing New Democratic Paradigms for Global Democracy: The Contribution of Feminisms
319 - Part VII. Concluding Considerations
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20. Concluding Reflections: Renegotiating Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Notes on Contributors
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Index
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November 18, 2019
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Keywords for this book
Women's activism; Latin America; Caribbean; interdisciplinary scholars; diversity; vibrancy; effectiveness; organizing; neoliberal model; globalization; collective agency; feminist movement; dictatorships; Central American uprisings; grassroots organizing; living conditions; public policy; formal political involvement; alternative globalization movement; cultural realities; transformations; challenges; hopes; gender democracy
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
