Women’s Movements in International Perspective: Latin America and Beyond (Institute of Latin American Studies)

The analysis of gender and political inequality, and the women's movements that have contested it, has concentrated on the West. In this wide-ranging reevaluation, incorporating development studies and political sociology, Maxine Molyneux redresses this balance by analysing Latin American women's movements within liberal, authoritarian and revolutionary states. These studies of Argentina, Nicaragua and Cuba, alongside comparative discussions of socialism, women's movements and citizenship, examine the complex, and persistent, interaction of states and women's movements, and the diversity of responses engendered. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-12 ‘No God, No Boss, No Husband!’ Anarchist Feminism in Nineteenth-Century Argentina....Pages 13-37 Mobilisation without Emancipation? Women’s Interests, the State and Revolution in Nicaragua....Pages 38-59 The Politics of Abortion in Nicaragua: Revolutionary Pragmatism — or Feminism in the Realm of Necessity?....Pages 60-75 State, Gender and Institutional Change: The Federación de Mujeres Cubanas....Pages 76-98 State Socialism and Women’s Emancipation: A Continuing Retrospective....Pages 99-139 Analysing Women’s Movements....Pages 140-162 Gender and Citizenship in Latin America: Historical and Contemporary Issues....Pages 163-202 Back Matter....Pages 203-244