ABOUT THIS BOOK

A pioneering study of Latin American women that views contemporary perceptions and realities of women’s lives, women’s roles in modernization versus tradition, the conflicts of class struggles among women, and the future of women's participation in Cuban society.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Ann Pescatello is associate professor of history at Florida International University.

REVIEWS

“The twelve articles included in Female and Male in Latin America are an excellent collection of writings on topics ranging from literary archetypes and female role alternatives to domestic service as a channel of upward mobility for the lower-class woman. . . . essays of great value.”
—Red River Valley Historical Journal of World History

“This splendidly edited volume was written by qualified contributors from various disciplines with extensive research and personal experience. . . . Interesting to anyone who is in the field of Latin American studies or concerned with the role of women today.”
—The Family Coordinator

“A milestone in both Women’s Studies and Latin American historical research, drawing together articles on the subject in a systematic way. . . . Pescatello delimited the areas of her subject matter, Latin American women, in an authoritative manner that has, to a large extent, determined the field.”
—Journal of the West

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Preface

Introduction

I. Images and Realities of Female Life

Literary Archetypes and Female Role Alternatives: The Woman and the Novel in Latin America / Jane S. Jaquette

The Brazileira: Images and Realities in Writings of Machado de Assis and Jorge Amado / Ann Pescatello

The Passive Female and Social Change: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Women's Magazine Fiction / Cornelia Butler Flora

II. Women in Historical and Contemporary Perspective

Marianismo: The Other Face of Machismo in Latin America / Evelyn P. Stevens

Women in Latin American Politics: The Case of Peru and Chile / Elsa M. Chaney

Women: The Forgotten Half of Argentine History / Nancy Caro Hollander

Women Professionals in Buenos Aires / Nora Scott Kinzer

Domestic Service as a Channel of Upward Mobility for the Lower-Class Woman: The Lima Case / Margo L. Smith

La Quisqueyana: The Dominican Woman, 1940–1970 / Shoshana B. Tancer

The Pursuit of an Ideal: Migration, Social Class, and Women's Roles in Bogotá, Colombia / Shirley J. Harkess

III. Prospects for the Future: Action and Reaction in the Cuban Case

Modernizing Women for a Modern Society: The Cuban Case / Susan Kaufman Purcell

Honor, Shame, and Women's Liberation in Cuba: Views of Working-Class Émigré Men / Geoffrey E. Fox

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

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