{"product_id":"mothers-making-latin-america-isbn-9781118271445","title":"Mothers Making Latin America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMothers Making Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from—or unimportant to—central developments in Latin American history since independence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents nuanced issues in gender historiography for Latin America in a readable narrative for undergraduate students\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers brief, primary-source document excerpts at the end of each chapter that instructors can use to stimulate class discussion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdheres to a focus on motherhood, which allows for a coherent narrative that touches upon important themes without falling into a “list of facts” textbook style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Series Editor’s Preface vi  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Gender and Latin American History, or: Why Motherhood? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Motherhood in Transition: From Colonies to Independent Nations 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Poor Women: Mothering the Majority in the Nineteenth Century 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Middle-Class and Elite Mothers: Feminism, Femininity, and the Nation in the Nineteenth Century 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Motherhood at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity, circa 1900–1950 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Poor Mothers and the Contradictions of Modernity, circa 1900–1950 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Mothers and Revolution, circa 1910–1990: Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Maternalizing Politics, Politicizing Motherhood: Women and Politics, circa 1950–1990s 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Bodies, Policies, and Globalization: Contraception and Abortion in Latin America 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Motherhood Transformed? History, Gender, and the Shift into the Twenty-First Century 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin E. O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eGender, Indian, Nation: the Contradictions of Making Ecuador, 1830-1925\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eDocumenting Latin America: Gender, Race, and Empire, Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e (with L. Garofalo, 2011)and \u003ci\u003eDocumenting Latin America: Gender, Race, and Nation, Volume 2\u003c\/i\u003e (with L. Garofalo, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe cult of motherhood has a lengthy and complex history in Latin American society. \u003ci\u003eMothers Making Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e utilizes a combination of innovative gender scholarship and primary source material to dispel the commonly held belief that women were separated from—or unimportant to—central developments in Latin American history since independence. With scholarly precision, author Erin E. O'Connor also discards the popular notion that the only women worthy of study were those who rejected gender norms in their entirety. Instead, O'Connor explores how ideas about motherhood, and women's own interpretations of that role, were often central to processes of socio-political change in Latin America. Featuring a thought-provoking blend of original scholarship with an accessible narrative thread, \u003ci\u003eMothers Making Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e helps to reshape our understanding of Latin American gender history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989656158437,"sku":"NP9781118271445","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118271445.jpg?v=1761784982","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mothers-making-latin-america-isbn-9781118271445","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}