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Author O'Connor, Erin, 1965- author.

Title Mothers making Latin America : gender, households, and politics since 1825 / Erin E. O'Connor.

Publication Info. Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.8743 O18M    Check Shelf
Description xii, 296 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista
Viewpoints/puntos de vista.
Contents Introduction: Gender and Latin American history, or: why motherhood? -- Motherhood in transition: from colonies to independent nations -- Poor women: mothering the majority in the nineteenth century -- Middle-class and elite mothers: feminism, femininity, and the nation in the nineteenth century -- Motherhood at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, circa 1900-1950 -- Poor mothers and the contradictions of modernity, circa 1900-1950 -- Mothers and revolution, circa 1910-1990: Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua -- Maternalizing politics, politicizing motherhood: women and politics, circa 1950-1990s -- Bodies, policies, and globalization: contraception and abortion in Latin America -- Motherhood transformed? History, gender, and the shift into the twenty-first century.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Women -- Latin America -- History.
Motherhood -- Latin America -- History.
Sex role -- Latin America -- History.
Feminism -- Latin America -- History.
Latin America -- History -- 1830-
Other Form: Online version: O'Connor, Erin, 1965- Mothers making Latin America Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 9781118341117 (DLC) 2014003782
ISBN 9781118271438 (cloth)
1118271432 (cloth)
9781118271445 (paperback)
1118271440 (paperback)
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