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<p>This collection examines the mutually influential interactions of gender and the state in Latin America from the late colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. Locating watershed moments in the processes of gender construction by the organized power of the ruling classes and in the processes by which gender has conditioned state-making, <i>Hidden Histories of Gender and the State in Latin America</i> remedies the lack of such considerations in previous studies of state formation.<br> Along these lines, the book begins with two theoretical chapters by the editors, Elizabeth Dore and Maxine Molyneux. Dore opens by arguing against the prevailing view that the nineteenth century was marked by a gradual emancipation of women, while Molyneux considers how various Latin American state forms—liberal, corporatist, socialist, neoliberal—have more recently sought to incorporate women into their projects of social reform and modernization. These essays are followed by twelve case studies that examine how states have contributed to the normalization of male and female roles and relations. Covering an impressive breadth not only of historical time but also of geographical scope, t

Author

Elizabeth Dore; Maxine Molyneux

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822324348

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science