WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN by Marysa Navarro, Virginia Sanchez Korrol, Kecia Ali ( 9780253213075 )

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WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
RESTORING WOMEN TO HISTORY

By:

Marysa Navarro, Virginia Sanchez Korrol, Kecia Ali

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025321307X

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 June, 1999

Series:

Restoring Women to History

Pages:

200

Description:

Examines the role of women and gender ideology during the pre-contact and colonial periods in Latin America. This book looks at early indigenous societies along with the Spanish and the Portuguese, noting the interaction of race and class. It illustrates the dynamics through portraits of individual women and their legal status and economic roles.

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These four volumes in this major series... provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded.... A basic set for all academic libraries." -Library Journal Academic NewswireExamining the role of women and gender ideology during the pre-contact and colonial periods in Latin America, Navarro looks at early indigenous societies as well as the Spanish and the Portuguese who claimed the "New World." Sanchez Korrol considers the shifts in women's roles between the 1880s and 1930s and accompanying societal transformations.

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