Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from-or unimportant to-central developments in Latin American history since independence. Presents nuanced issues in gender historiography for Latin America in a readable narrative for undergraduate students Offers brief, primary-source document excerpts at the end of each chapter that instructors can use to stimulate class discussion Adheres to a focus on motherhood, which allows for a coherent narrative that touches upon important themes without falling into a "list of facts" textbook style…mehr
Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from-or unimportant to-central developments in Latin American history since independence.
Presents nuanced issues in gender historiography for Latin America in a readable narrative for undergraduate students Offers brief, primary-source document excerpts at the end of each chapter that instructors can use to stimulate class discussion Adheres to a focus on motherhood, which allows for a coherent narrative that touches upon important themes without falling into a "list of facts" textbook style
Erin E. O'Connor is Associate Professor of History at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. Her publications include Gender, Indian, Nation: the Contradictions of Making Ecuador, 1830-1925 (2007), Documenting Latin America: Gender, Race, and Empire, Volume 1 (with L. Garofalo, 2011)and Documenting Latin America: Gender, Race, and Nation, Volume 2 (with L. Garofalo, 2011).
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Series Editor's Preface vi Acknowledgments viii Source Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction: Gender and Latin American History or: Why Motherhood? 1 2 Motherhood in Transition: From Colonies to Independent Nations 24 3 Poor Women: Mothering the Majority in the Nineteenth Century 51 4 Middle-Class and Elite Mothers: Feminism Femininity and the Nation in the Nineteenth Century 80 5 Motherhood at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity circa 1900-1950 102 6 Poor Mothers and the Contradictions of Modernity circa 1900-1950 133 7 Mothers and Revolution circa 1910-1990: Mexico Cuba and Nicaragua 158 8 Maternalizing Politics Politicizing Motherhood: Women and Politics circa 1950-1990s 193 9 Bodies Policies and Globalization: Contraception and Abortion in Latin America 222 10 Motherhood Transformed? History Gender and the Shift into the Twenty-First Century 248 Bibliography 267 Subject Index 283
Series Editor's Preface vi Acknowledgments viii Source Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction: Gender and Latin American History or: Why Motherhood? 1 2 Motherhood in Transition: From Colonies to Independent Nations 24 3 Poor Women: Mothering the Majority in the Nineteenth Century 51 4 Middle-Class and Elite Mothers: Feminism Femininity and the Nation in the Nineteenth Century 80 5 Motherhood at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity circa 1900-1950 102 6 Poor Mothers and the Contradictions of Modernity circa 1900-1950 133 7 Mothers and Revolution circa 1910-1990: Mexico Cuba and Nicaragua 158 8 Maternalizing Politics Politicizing Motherhood: Women and Politics circa 1950-1990s 193 9 Bodies Policies and Globalization: Contraception and Abortion in Latin America 222 10 Motherhood Transformed? History Gender and the Shift into the Twenty-First Century 248 Bibliography 267 Subject Index 283
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