The Costa Rican Women's Movement
Author | : Ilse Abshagen Leitinger |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1994-04-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780822971627 |
ISBN-13 | : 0822971623 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Thirty-four short contributions make this akin to a reference work, albeit one varying greatly in flavor, topic, and scholarliness, i.e., from group self-promotion to politico-legal endorsements to scholarly pieces. Among the scholarly topics: colonial women, 19th-century women, feminist organizational theorizing, popular music, caesarean births, and women at the Univ. de Costa Rica (where they are one-third of faculty). Almost all social-feminist topics are touched on, save perhaps language; sexuality,violence, disability, class/race/gender, art and artists, and more"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.