| Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition: Woman in Latin American History Contributor(s): Yeager, Gertrude M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0842024808 ISBN-13: 9780842024808 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: Understanding the role of women in Latin American history demands a full examination of their activities in the region's political, economic, and domestic spheres. Toward this end, historian Gertrude M. Yeager has assembled the multidisciplinary collection Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition.p The essays in this volume explore the ways in which Latin American women have shaped-and have been shaped by-the traditional practices and ideologies of their cultures. The selections are arranged in two sections: Culture and the Status of Women, and Reconstructing the Past. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - General - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 94017441 |
| Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.05" W x 9" (0.84 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Understanding the role of women in Latin American history demands a full examination of their activities in the region's political, economic, and domestic spheres. Toward this end, historian Gertrude M. Yeager has assembled the multidisciplinary collection Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition. The essays in this volume explore the ways in which Latin American women have shaped-and have been shaped by-the traditional practices and ideologies of their cultures. The selections are arranged in two sections: Culture and the Status of Women, and Reconstructing the Past. |