Bridget María Chesterton
Biographic Data
| ID | 521353 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bridget María Chesterton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bridget María |
| FAMILY NAME | Chesterton |
| SIGNATURE | CHESTERTON B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Buffalo State University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-5874-5136 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Parishioners of Sovereignty
Introduction to the Dossier, “Everyday Life and Politics under the Stroessner Regime in Paraguay (1954–1989)”
This introduction explains the reasons for presenting a dossier on unexplored aspects of life during the Stroessner dictatorship in Paraguay. It lists the dossier contents and outlines the diverse research approaches in the selected articles. Esta introducción explica las razones por presentar el dossier sobre aspectos inexplorados de la vida bajo la dictadura de Stroessner en Paraguay. Incluye el listado del contenido del dossier y describe las …
Cooking Up “Peace”
Using oral histories, magazine and newspaper articles, and historical analyses, this study examines the lives and work of two of Paraguay’s most important twentieth-century cooks, Josefina “Chichita” Velilla de Aquino and Clara “Chuta” Benza de Garófalo. Both women helped shape and reinforce ideas about gender, race, and class in the Paraguayan kitchen under the Stroessner dictatorship (1954–1989). Working with white, middle-class Paraguayans, th…
Paraguayan Sorrow
Modernity, Migration, and Defeat
This article considers the film Noites Paraguayas (1982) in the context of how its Brazilian filmmakers viewed 1980s Paraguay and Brazil, paying special attention to the Paraguayan characters and plot in the film. We contextualize the film in terms of its relationship to immigration and migration from Paraguay to São Paulo, focusing on the endless cycle of poverty and migration from rural areas (both in Brazil and Paraguay) to urban areas. By uti…
In Guaraní Lands
The regime of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989) hoped to attract Brazilian tourists to Paraguay. This was a dramatic change from attracting Argentine tourists in the early twentieth century. This article argues that while the government desired Brazilian tourists, there was limited information for potential Brazilian tourists to access in Brazil and in Portuguese. Nevertheless, it is possible to reconstruct some tourist destinations and activities f…
Erika Denise Edwards. Hiding in Plain Sight
Journal Article Erika Denise Edwards. Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic. Get access Erika Denise Edwards. Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2020. Pp. 184. Paper $29.95. Bridget María Chesterton Bridget María Chesterton SUNY Buffalo State University, US Email: [email protected] Search…
Between Yerba Mate and Soy
Yerba mate (Paraguayan green tea) and soy are the commodities most associated with Paraguayan foodways and landscapes. This article, however, explores how oranges played an outsized role in Paraguay from the nation’s founding in the early nineteenth century to the fruit’s decline in the early twenty-first century. Using the narratives of travel writers, the writings of Paraguayan scientists, newspaper articles, and recorded memories, the text arg…
René Zavaleta Mercado. Towards a History of the National-Popular in Bolivia, 1879–1980
René Zavaleta Mercado’s classic study of the struggle for national identity in Bolivia is now available in English, with a translation by Anne Freeland. In Towards a History of the National-Popular in Bolivia, 1879–1980, the author argues that a pivotal moment in Bolivian history was the 1952 Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), which created a “generalized hegemonic contestation of the state, unanimous at least among veterans of the Chaco W…
The Dictator Dilemma
The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner (1954–89) is infamous for its longevity and brutality. Seeking to understand how Stroessner remained in power for such a long period of time, Kirk Tyvela's important new work puts into perspective how not only Stroessner consolidated his power locally by limiting dissent within his own political party (the Colorados) but also, more importantly for Tyvela, his regime was able to maintain stability and control…
Demographic Change and Ethnic Survival among the Sedentary Populations on the Jesuit Mission Frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609-1803
Inter-American Notes
Between July 23 and July 25, 2014, the University of Montevideo hosted the Fourth Jornadas Internacionales de Historia del Paraguay, with sponsorship from the Universities of Georgia, Köln, and Rennes 2. Organized by Thomas Whigham and Juan Manuel Casal, the conference included 45 presenters and 70 attendees traveling to the Uruguayan capital from the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Students f…
A White Russian in the Green Hell
This article considers how Juan Belaieff's experiences in the Caucasus of Russia during the early twentieth century shaped his later work with the Paraguayan military in the Chaco region. His Russian training in both military science and ethnography prepared him for his scouting work in the Chaco, a territory contested by both Bolivia and Paraguay. This work, done with the native population of the Chaco, helped secure victory over the Bolivians d…
Kosher Feijoada and Other Paradoxes of Jewish Life in São Paulo
Book Review| July 01 2014 Kosher Feijoada and Other Paradoxes of Jewish Life in São Paulo Kosher Feijoada and Other Paradoxes of Jewish Life in São Paulo. By Klein, Misha. (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2012. xiii + 256 pp., notes, bibliography, index. $74.95 cloth.) Bridget María Chesterton Bridget María Chesterton Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2014) 61 (3): 604–606. https://doi.org/10.1215/…
Fevered Measures
"Fevered Measures: Public Health and Race at the Texas-Mexico Border, 1848-1942, by John Mckiernan-González." Canadian Journal of History, 48(2), pp. 361–362
Conference
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The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous Resistance in Paraguay
Historians have long considered Paraguay a mestizo nation. Little thought or consideration is given to the indigenous population that remains. This failure has been corrected by René D. Harder Horst in his new work that not only reveals the existence of Indians in Paraguay but demonstrates that this population has resisted integration and demanded rights and protections from the dictatorial regime of Alfredo Stroessner, 1954 – 89. The text explor…
The Return of the Native
"The Return of the Native: Indians and Myth-Making in Spanish America, 1810-1930, by Rebecca Earle.." Canadian Journal of History, 44(1), pp. 154–155
Chickens Need Hot Ovens
This article studies the effect of Doña Petrona’s cookbooks on middle class Argentine housewives in the middle of the twentieth century. Doña Petrona is by far the most popular writer of cookbooks in Argentina. Her work has influenced the ways that Argentines purchase food, prepare food and consume it. Far from what popular perceptions about the Argentine diet tell us, about the large amounts of pasta and grilled meats Argentines are purported to…
Demographic Change and Ethnic Survival among the Sedentary Populations on the Jesuit Mission Frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609-1803
A White Russian in the Green Hell
This article considers how Juan Belaieff's experiences in the Caucasus of Russia during the early twentieth century shaped his later work with the Paraguayan military in the Chaco region. His Russian training in both military science and ethnography prepared him for his scouting work in the Chaco, a territory contested by both Bolivia and Paraguay. This work, done with the native population of the Chaco, helped secure victory over the Bolivians d…
Chickens Need Hot Ovens
This article studies the effect of Doña Petrona’s cookbooks on middle class Argentine housewives in the middle of the twentieth century. Doña Petrona is by far the most popular writer of cookbooks in Argentina. Her work has influenced the ways that Argentines purchase food, prepare food and consume it. Far from what popular perceptions about the Argentine diet tell us, about the large amounts of pasta and grilled meats Argentines are purported to…
Chickens Need Hot Ovens
This article studies the effect of Doña Petrona’s cookbooks on middle class Argentine housewives in the middle of the twentieth century. Doña Petrona is by far the most popular writer of cookbooks in Argentina. Her work has influenced the ways that Argentines purchase food, prepare food and consume it. Far from what popular perceptions about the Argentine diet tell us, about the large amounts of pasta and grilled meats Argentines are purported to…
The Return of the Native
"The Return of the Native: Indians and Myth-Making in Spanish America, 1810-1930, by Rebecca Earle.." Canadian Journal of History, 44(1), pp. 154–155
The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous Resistance in Paraguay
Historians have long considered Paraguay a mestizo nation. Little thought or consideration is given to the indigenous population that remains. This failure has been corrected by René D. Harder Horst in his new work that not only reveals the existence of Indians in Paraguay but demonstrates that this population has resisted integration and demanded rights and protections from the dictatorial regime of Alfredo Stroessner, 1954 – 89. The text explor…
Fevered Measures
"Fevered Measures: Public Health and Race at the Texas-Mexico Border, 1848-1942, by John Mckiernan-González." Canadian Journal of History, 48(2), pp. 361–362
Conference
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A White Russian in the Green Hell
This article considers how Juan Belaieff's experiences in the Caucasus of Russia during the early twentieth century shaped his later work with the Paraguayan military in the Chaco region. His Russian training in both military science and ethnography prepared him for his scouting work in the Chaco, a territory contested by both Bolivia and Paraguay. This work, done with the native population of the Chaco, helped secure victory over the Bolivians d…
Kosher Feijoada and Other Paradoxes of Jewish Life in São Paulo
Book Review| July 01 2014 Kosher Feijoada and Other Paradoxes of Jewish Life in São Paulo Kosher Feijoada and Other Paradoxes of Jewish Life in São Paulo. By Klein, Misha. (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2012. xiii + 256 pp., notes, bibliography, index. $74.95 cloth.) Bridget María Chesterton Bridget María Chesterton Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2014) 61 (3): 604–606. https://doi.org/10.1215/…
Inter-American Notes
Between July 23 and July 25, 2014, the University of Montevideo hosted the Fourth Jornadas Internacionales de Historia del Paraguay, with sponsorship from the Universities of Georgia, Köln, and Rennes 2. Organized by Thomas Whigham and Juan Manuel Casal, the conference included 45 presenters and 70 attendees traveling to the Uruguayan capital from the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Students f…
Demographic Change and Ethnic Survival among the Sedentary Populations on the Jesuit Mission Frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609-1803
René Zavaleta Mercado. Towards a History of the National-Popular in Bolivia, 1879–1980
René Zavaleta Mercado’s classic study of the struggle for national identity in Bolivia is now available in English, with a translation by Anne Freeland. In Towards a History of the National-Popular in Bolivia, 1879–1980, the author argues that a pivotal moment in Bolivian history was the 1952 Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), which created a “generalized hegemonic contestation of the state, unanimous at least among veterans of the Chaco W…
The Dictator Dilemma
The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner (1954–89) is infamous for its longevity and brutality. Seeking to understand how Stroessner remained in power for such a long period of time, Kirk Tyvela's important new work puts into perspective how not only Stroessner consolidated his power locally by limiting dissent within his own political party (the Colorados) but also, more importantly for Tyvela, his regime was able to maintain stability and control…
Between Yerba Mate and Soy
Yerba mate (Paraguayan green tea) and soy are the commodities most associated with Paraguayan foodways and landscapes. This article, however, explores how oranges played an outsized role in Paraguay from the nation’s founding in the early nineteenth century to the fruit’s decline in the early twenty-first century. Using the narratives of travel writers, the writings of Paraguayan scientists, newspaper articles, and recorded memories, the text arg…
In Guaraní Lands
The regime of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989) hoped to attract Brazilian tourists to Paraguay. This was a dramatic change from attracting Argentine tourists in the early twentieth century. This article argues that while the government desired Brazilian tourists, there was limited information for potential Brazilian tourists to access in Brazil and in Portuguese. Nevertheless, it is possible to reconstruct some tourist destinations and activities f…
Erika Denise Edwards. Hiding in Plain Sight
Journal Article Erika Denise Edwards. Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic. Get access Erika Denise Edwards. Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2020. Pp. 184. Paper $29.95. Bridget María Chesterton Bridget María Chesterton SUNY Buffalo State University, US Email: [email protected] Search…
Introduction to the Dossier, “Everyday Life and Politics under the Stroessner Regime in Paraguay (1954–1989)”
This introduction explains the reasons for presenting a dossier on unexplored aspects of life during the Stroessner dictatorship in Paraguay. It lists the dossier contents and outlines the diverse research approaches in the selected articles. Esta introducción explica las razones por presentar el dossier sobre aspectos inexplorados de la vida bajo la dictadura de Stroessner en Paraguay. Incluye el listado del contenido del dossier y describe las …
Cooking Up “Peace”
Using oral histories, magazine and newspaper articles, and historical analyses, this study examines the lives and work of two of Paraguay’s most important twentieth-century cooks, Josefina “Chichita” Velilla de Aquino and Clara “Chuta” Benza de Garófalo. Both women helped shape and reinforce ideas about gender, race, and class in the Paraguayan kitchen under the Stroessner dictatorship (1954–1989). Working with white, middle-class Paraguayans, th…
Paraguayan Sorrow
Modernity, Migration, and Defeat
This article considers the film Noites Paraguayas (1982) in the context of how its Brazilian filmmakers viewed 1980s Paraguay and Brazil, paying special attention to the Paraguayan characters and plot in the film. We contextualize the film in terms of its relationship to immigration and migration from Paraguay to São Paulo, focusing on the endless cycle of poverty and migration from rural areas (both in Brazil and Paraguay) to urban areas. By uti…
Parishioners of Sovereignty
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