ISBN:
9780742581364
,
0742581365
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (317 pages)
Series Statement:
Jaguar books on Latin America series
DDC:
306.7098
Keywords:
Sex role Latin America
;
Sex and history Latin America
;
Power (Social sciences) Latin America
;
Rôle selon le sexe Amérique latine
;
Sexualité et histoire Amérique latine
;
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) Amérique latine
;
Latin America
;
Latijns-Amerika
;
Power (Social sciences) Latin America
;
Sex and history Latin America
;
Sex role Latin America
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This innovative volume of original primary research integrates gender and sexuality into the main currents of historical interpretation concerning Latin America. The book argues that gender and sexuality-rather than simply supplementing existing explanations of political, social, cultural, and economic phenomena-are central to understanding these processes. Focusing on subjects as varied as murder, motherhood and the death penalty in early Republican Venezuela, dueling in Uruguay, midwifery in Brazil, youth culture in Mexico, and revolution in Nicaragua, contributors explore the many ways that
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index. - Print version record
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