Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Restoring Women to History

by Virginia Sánchez Korrol and Marysa Navarro

Book Overview

"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 Newswire

Examining 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025321307X
• ISBN13: 9780253213075
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Abarcador

Para los estudiosos del tema femenino el libro ofrece un resumen sobre como las mujeres latinoamericanas lograron su independencia económica y política desde la época precolombina hasta el siglo 20. Lo más interesante es que provee los nombres de mujeres pioneras en las luchas femíneas, algo que otros libros sobre el tema obvian o generalizan. Buena herramienta para iniciar una investigación.