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Mothers Making Latin America
Gender, Households, and Politics Since 1825

Erin E. O'Connor (Author)

9781118271438, Wiley

Hardback, published 16 May 2014

312 pages
22.6 x 15 x 2 cm, 0.485 kg

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

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

Subject Areas: History [HB]
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