Radical Women in Latin America : : Left and Right / / ed. by Victoria González-Rivera, Karen Kampwirth.

Radical Women in Latin America is a collection of original essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines-anthropology, history, and political science-on the political activism of women from both the left and the right. The stories of these radical women challenge traditional portrayals of men as...

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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I Radical Women in Central America
  • CHRONOLOGY OF NICARAGUA
  • CHRONOLOGY OF EL SALVADOR
  • CHRONOLOGY OF GUATEMALA
  • 1 Somocista Women, Right-Wing Politics, and Feminism in Nicaragua, 1936-1979
  • 2 Women in the Armed Struggles in Nicaragua: Sandinistas and Contras Compared
  • 3 The Coalición Nacional de Mujeres: An Alliance of Left-Wing Women, Right-Wing Women, and Radical Feminists in Nicaragua
  • 4 Right- and Left-Wing Women in Post-Revolutionary El Salvador: Feminist Autonomy and Cross-Political Alliance Building for Gender Equality
  • 5 A Feminist Reconstruction of Parenthood Within Neoliberal Constraints: La Asociación de Madres Demandantes in El Salvador
  • 6 Gender Equality, Democratization, and the Revolutionary Left in Central America: Guatemala in Comparative Context
  • PART II Radical Women in South America
  • CHRONOLOGY OF ARGENTINA
  • CHRONOLOGY OF BRAZIL
  • CHRONOLOGY OF CHILE
  • 7 Spreading Right-Wing Patriotism, Femininity, and Morality: Women in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1900-1940
  • 8 Changing the System from Within? Feminist Participation in the Brazilian Workers' Party
  • 9 Nonpartisanship as a Political Strategy: Women Left, Right, and Center in Chile
  • 10 Defending Dictatorship: Conservative Women in Pinochet's Chile and the 1988 Plebiscite
  • Conclusion
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX