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Fatherhood on Trial in Mexico's Revolution of the Family

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ID6079598
AuthorsKatherine Bli, Katherine Elaine Bliss (Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde, corresponding author), Katherine Bliss (University of Massachusetts; Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies.)
Year1999
Volume24
Issue3
Pages330-350
Publication date1999-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/036319909902400306
PMID21987854
OpenAlexW2079638099
LanguageEN
Citations received12

This article analyzes the politicization of fatherhood in revolutionary Mexico City's process of social reform and institution building between 1910 and 1940. Based on evidence culled from juvenile court case histories, criminal trial transcripts, and letter-writing campaigns, it concludes that reformist and popular ideas about fatherhood were highly contested in this era of social change, legal reform, and state formation. By examining the competing visions of fatherhood that reformers, women, and fathers themselves promoted, it shows that ideas about appropriate parental roles in Mexico were linked to revolutionary conceptualizations of progress, social mobility, and political participation

Criminology · Institution · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Vision · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America

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