Description
Donna J. Guy first looks at Latin American women from a general and international perspective. She explores which paradigms are most useful in studying gender history in Latin America. She also addresses the evolution of the Pan-American Child Congresses as well as the politics of Pan-American cooperation in relation to child welfare issues. Later essays focus on Argentina in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Guy looks at how women were affected by systems of forced labor, and she illuminates changes in the concept of patria potestad, or the right of male heads of households to control family members' labor. Other essays address such issues as public health, white slavery, and public notions of motherhood in Argentina.
Ten essays on a diverse set of topics in the area of Latin American gender studies
About the Author
Donna J. Guy is a professor of history at the University of Arizona and the author of Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires: Prostitution, Family, and Nation in Argentina (Nebraska 1991).
Book Information
ISBN 9780803270954
Author Donna J. Guy
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 283g