Out of the Shadows
Women, Resistance and Politics in South America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3945534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ethel Crowley (0000-0003-2469-2032, corresponding author), Jo Fisher |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 122-124 |
| Publication date | 1994-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/fr.1994.46 |
| OpenAlex | W2056005001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 4 |
Since the early 1970s the lives of South America's women have been transformed by military rule. In Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, women were at the forefront of the opposition to dictators such as Chile's General Pinochet and Paraguay's Alfredo Stroessner. New social of shanty town and peasant women set up their own organizations, expanding into the vacuum left by the military's destruction of the old, male-dominated left. Built around traditional female concerns such as keeping their families fed and healthy, the new women's movements nevertheless has a seismic impact on gender consciousness throughout the region. Coming together in communal kitchens, trade unions, groups of relatives of the disappeared, or as landless peasants, women ended the isolation of home life. Along the way, many became conscious of discrimination against women, at the hands of both the state and their partners and husbands. They developed a form of grassroots feminism far removed from the middle-class feminism of the city centres. Since the downfall of the military regimes, the women's movement has had difficulty adjusting to the shifting sands and deceptions of civilian politics. Yet it remains a source of hope and new ideas in the effort to build a new, democratic left in South America. This work presents their story, told by the women themselves
Feminism · Human sexuality · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · Women's studies · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Race, History, and American Society
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| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2022 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |