Gender in Latin America
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Gender in Latin America

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Gender in Latin America

About this book

Gender impacts on every major social issue from rights to social policy, from ethnicity to poverty, this work is a comprehensive overview of the subject, examining trends in gender over history until the present. The authors draw on a wide range on theoretial analyses as well as their own field of work to illuminate the importance of diversity in gender in Latin America, as well as more traditionally held concepts of class, ethnicity, the urban-rural divide and age and peer groups. Debunking traditional universalizing stereotypes, this text charts contemporary changes gender roles, relations between the genders, and gender- and sexuality-based identities. Chapters are arranged around broad themes, including gender and poverty, gender and health, gender and sexuality and gender and employment. Each chapter begins with an introduction to the core issues the debates and theoretical work in the relevant field, and case studies. The authors also make reference to the continually expanding literature on the subject, including work on men and masculinity, fatherhood and sexuality.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. List of Tables, Boxes and Figures
  5. Acronyms
  6. Glossary of Latin American Terms
  7. Preface and Acknowledgements
  8. Foreword
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction: Gender in a Changing Continent
  10. Chapter 2: Gender, Politics and Legislation
  11. Chapter 3: Gender, Poverty and Social Movements
  12. Chapter 4: Gender and Population
  13. Chapter 5: Gender and Health
  14. Chapter 6: Gender and Sexuality
  15. Chapter 7: Gender, Families and Households
  16. Chapter 8: Gender and Employment
  17. Chapter 9: Gender and Migration
  18. Chapter 10: Conclusion: Looking to the Future
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index