Women, Ethnicity and Nationalisms in Latin America - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754649253 ISBN 13: 9780754649250

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

The relationship between gender and nationalism is a compelling issue that is receiving increasing coverage in the scholarly literature. With case studies covering Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia and Mexico, this is the first book to explore these links in the context of Latin America. It includes contributions from Latin American scholars to offer a unique and revealing view of the most important political and cultural issues. The work opens by outlining four dimensions in the relationship between gender and nationalism. These are: the contribution of women to nation building and their exclusion from it by the state and its institutions; the role of women in contemporary ethnic and nationalist movements; the place of the female body in the myths and traditions surrounding the nation; and the role of women in forging the intellectual and artistic culture of the nation. It then provides both theoretical and empirical explorations of these themes, with chapters covering the debate on multiculturalism and gender in the construction of the nation, the struggles of ethnic women to participate politically in their communities and studies of the first Mexican filmmaker, Mimi Derrba and the indigenous heroine Dolores Cacuango from Ecuador.

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Review:

'From the wars of independence and postcolonial nation-building to contemporary struggles over multiculturalism, this volume fills a crucial gap in our understanding of how women have played active roles in nationalist and anti-nationalist movements, as well as how gender informs historical understandings of national belonging and citizenship in Latin America.' Amy Lind, University of Cincinnati, USA

Synopsis:

The relationship between gender and nationalism is a compelling issue that is receiving increasing coverage in the scholarly literature. This is the first book to explore these links in the context of Latin America. With contributions from Latin American scholars, and case studies covering Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia and Mexico, it offers a unique and revealing view of important political and cultural issues.The book opens by outlining four dimensions in the relationship between gender and nationalism. These are: women's contribution to nation building and their exclusion from it by the state and its institutions; the role of women in contemporary ethnic and nationalist movements; the place of the female body in the myths and traditions surrounding the nation; and, the role of women in forging the intellectual and artistic culture of the nation.

The book goes on to offer both theoretical and empirical explorations of these themes, with chapters covering the debate on multiculturalism and gender in the construction of the nation, the struggles of ethnic women to participate politically in their communities and studies of the first Mexican filmmaker, Mimi Derrba and the indigenous heroine Dolores Cacuango from Ecuador.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0754649253
• ISBN 13: 9780754649250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Chong Natividad Gutiérrez