HIS 5102 - Women and Gender in the History of Latin America

Institution:

Manhattanville College

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Description:

Women have long enjoyed a dubious celebrity in Latin America- alternately exalted as the pinnacle of virtue and benevolence or blamed as the epitome of betrayal and weakness. These contradictory images have often served to relegate women to the status of second-class citizens within Latin America. Yet women have not been passive in the creation of these images or this status. Throughout the history of Latin America, women have negotiated their status, at times using both negative and positive imagery to enhance their own stature. At the same time, women have used other categories of identity, such as race and class, to enhance their individual place within society. Beginning with the movements for independence, this course will examine how the status of women in Latin America has changed and discuss the tools women had to affect the meaning of gender roles. Our readings and analysis will explore women's roles in revolution, nation state formation, and feminist movements and how education, the Catholic Church, the workplace and the family informed women's movements and gender roles.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.manhattanville.edu

Phone Number:

(914) 694-2200

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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