Gender and the Mexican Revolution Yucatï¿½n Women and the Realities of Patriarchy

Name: Gender and the Mexican Revolution Yucatï¿½n Women and the Realities of Patriarchy
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ISBN: 9780807859537

ISBN-10: 0807859532

ISBN-13: 9780807859537

Edition: 2009

Authors: Stephanie J. Smith

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The state of Yucatan is commonly considered to have been a hotbed of radical feminism during the Mexican Revolution. Challenging this romanticized view, Stephanie Smith examines the revolutionary reforms designed to break women's ties to tradition and religion, as well as the ways in which women shaped these developments.Smith analyzes the various regulations introduced by Yucatan's two revolution-era governors, Salvador Alvarado and Felipe Carrillo Puerto. Like many revolutionary leaders throughout Mexico, the Yucatan policy makers professed allegiance to women's rights and socialist principles. Yet they, too, passed laws and condoned legal practices that excluded women from equal…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 6/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 1.100



Acknowledgments


Introduction Women and the Radical Revolutionary Laboratory



Redefining Women: The Making of a Revolution



Broken Promises, Broken Hearts: The Revolutionary Judicial System



Honor and Morality: The Church, the State, and the Control of Yucatecan Families



If Love Enslaves. . . Love Be Damned! Divorce and Revolutionary State Formation in Yucatï¿½n



Women in Public and Public Women: Prostitutes in Revolutionary Yucatï¿½n


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index