LEADER 04251nam 2200673 450 001 9910452651803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7425-3743-9 010 $a0-7425-8136-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001110715 035 $a(EBL)1350155 035 $a(OCoLC)856869264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000956462 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12427687 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956462 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10965280 035 $a(PQKB)11051723 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1350155 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1350155 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10927667 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL510640 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001110715 100 $a20060404h20072007 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGender, sexuality, and power in Latin America since independence /$fedited by William E. French and Katherine Elaine Bliss 210 1$aLanham Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d[2007] 210 4$d©2007 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 225 1 $aJaguar books on Latin America series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7425-3742-0 311 $a1-299-79389-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Gender, Sexuality, and Power in Latin America since Independence William E. French and Katherine Elaine Bliss; 1 Vicenta Ochoa, Dead Many Times: Gender, Politics, and a Death Sentence in Early Republican Caracas, Venezuela Arlene J. Di?az; 2 Madame Durocher's Performance: Cross-Dressing, Midwifery, and Authority in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Erica M. Windler; 3 Mismeasured Women: Gender and Social Science on the Eve of Female Suffrage in Cuba Alejandra Bronfman 327 $a4 ""Such a Strong Need"": Sexuality and Violence in Belem Prison Pablo Piccato5 ""Gentlemanly Responsibility"" and ""Insults of a Woman"": Dueling and the Unwritten Rules of Public Life in Uruguay,1860-1920 David S. Parker; 6 Work, Sex, and Power in a Central American Export Economy at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Lara E. Putnam; 7 Dangerous Driving: Adolescence, Sex, and the Gendered Experience of Public Space in Early-Twentieth-Century Mexico City Katherine Elaine Bliss and Ann S. Blum 327 $a8 Doctoring the National Body: Gender, Race, Eugenics, and the ""Invert» in Urban Brazil, ca. 1920-1945 James N. Green9 Masculinity, Primitivism, and Power: Gaucho, Tango, and the Shaping of Argentine National Identity Eduardo P. Archetti; 10 Gender, Sexuality, and Revolution: Making Histories and Cultural Politics in Nicaragua, 1979-2001 Cymene Howe; 11 Gendering the Space of Death: Memory, Democratization, and the Domestic Lessie Jo Frazier; Appendix: Mexican Internet Sites for Gender and Sexuality Wendy A. Vogt; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors 330 $aThis innovative volume of original primary research integrates gender and sexuality into the main currents of historical interpretation concerning Latin America. The book argues that gender and sexuality-rather than simply supplementing existing explanations of political, social, cultural, and economic phenomena-are central to understanding these processes. Focusing on subjects as varied as murder, motherhood and the death penalty in early Republican Venezuela, dueling in Uruguay, midwifery in Brazil, youth culture in Mexico, and revolution in Nicaragua, contributors explore the many ways that 410 0$aJaguar books on Latin America series. 606 $aSex role$zLatin America 606 $aSex and history$zLatin America 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zLatin America 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSex role 615 0$aSex and history 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 676 $a306.7098 702 $aFrench$b William E.$f1956- 702 $aBliss$b Katherine Elaine$f1968- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452651803321 996 $aGender, sexuality, and power in Latin America since independence$91955067 997 $aUNINA