Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeSeries 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 MiddleClass 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
Autorenporträt
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).
