Gender Battles
Latin American Women, War, and Feminism
Seiten
2025
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0923-1 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0923-1 (ISBN)
Covering the post-independence era to World War II, Gender Battles uncovers Latin American women writers and activists’ engagement with war to challenge male-dominated narratives on armed conflicts and fight for political power and social change.
Gender Battles: Latin American Women, War, and Feminism by gender studies and Latin Americanist scholar Vanesa Miseres focuses on the overlooked voices of women who wrote about and participated in Latin American and global wars from the 19th to mid-20th centuries. Moving beyond military narratives centred on men, the book highlights how women – as journalists, memoirists, and activists – shaped the discourse around war and gender.
Focusing on conflicts like the War of the Pacific, the World Wars, and the Spanish Civil War, Gender Battles reveals how women of the region navigated nationalistic frameworks to express evolving feminist ideas and challenge social norms. Their writing and organizing captures war not only as a battlefield struggle but as a force that defines gender roles, political structures, national, and transnational identities.
More than witnesses, the women of Gender Battles reimagine the meaning of war itself: revealing its intimate connections to everyday life, personal autonomy, and global feminist movements. With an interdisciplinary approach, Miseres reforms our understanding of Latin American history and feminist thought, bringing to light a powerful legacy of Latin American women’s resilience, influence, and political intervention in times of conflict.
Gender Battles: Latin American Women, War, and Feminism by gender studies and Latin Americanist scholar Vanesa Miseres focuses on the overlooked voices of women who wrote about and participated in Latin American and global wars from the 19th to mid-20th centuries. Moving beyond military narratives centred on men, the book highlights how women – as journalists, memoirists, and activists – shaped the discourse around war and gender.
Focusing on conflicts like the War of the Pacific, the World Wars, and the Spanish Civil War, Gender Battles reveals how women of the region navigated nationalistic frameworks to express evolving feminist ideas and challenge social norms. Their writing and organizing captures war not only as a battlefield struggle but as a force that defines gender roles, political structures, national, and transnational identities.
More than witnesses, the women of Gender Battles reimagine the meaning of war itself: revealing its intimate connections to everyday life, personal autonomy, and global feminist movements. With an interdisciplinary approach, Miseres reforms our understanding of Latin American history and feminist thought, bringing to light a powerful legacy of Latin American women’s resilience, influence, and political intervention in times of conflict.
Vanesa Miseres is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Notre Dame.
Introduction: Women's War Writing in Latin America
1. Mothers, Friends, Daughters: Gender Strategies Narrating the War of the Pacific
2. War, Pacifism, and International Feminism in Argentina (1890s–1920s)
3. Personal Memoirs and Collective Initiatives: Latin American Women, Anti-Fascism, and the Spanish Civil War
4. Agents of Change: Cultural Ambassadors, Writers, Educators, and the Role of Latin America During and After World War II (1939–1945)
Epilogue: A Feminist War Archive
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.10.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | LATINOAMERICANA |
| Zusatzinfo | 19 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 560 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-0923-5 / 1487509235 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-0923-1 / 9781487509231 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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