Sex in Revolution Gender, Politics, And Power in Modern Mexico

"This anthology touches on a wide range of themes: female colonels in the revolution, machismo applied with scissor snips in Mexico City, the cinematographic treatment of indigenous women, divorce in conservative circles, women's education, the construction of new families, labor-union life, rationalized sex, activism among women in Catholic and rural organizations, and sexism in the Popular Front. Despite the variety, the book offers a complex, coherent panorama, energetically distancing itself from generalizations. It is well known that God, the devil, and attentive readers are in the details."--Carlos Monsivais, from the foreword "This path-breaking book fundamentally changes our view of the Mexican Revolution as a man-made affair. The women who struggled against patriarchal authority as workers, teachers, feminist activists, soldiers, peasants, students, and mothers come alive in these pages--as do their adversaries. The chapters brilliantly mesh theoretical analysis with fine-grained historical accounts of gendered challenges to Mexico's social order. This book's importance reaches far beyond the Mexican case as it grapples with universal questions of authority, gender, and revolution."--Elizabeth Dore, author of "Myths of Modernity: Peonage and Patriarchy in Nicaragua"Olcott, Jocelyn is the author of 'Sex in Revolution Gender, Politics, And Power in Modern Mexico', published 2007 under ISBN 9780822338994 and ISBN 0822338998.