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Directions in Latin American Women's History, 1977–1985
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2022
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Although the history of Latin American women has emerged only recently as a dynamic field of research, it is already shedding light on a range of social and cultural issues. Thirteen years ago, Ann Pescatello edited the first anthology of Latin American articles on gender issues, Female and Male in Latin America. One of her greatest contributions was a hefty interdisciplinary bibliography listing not only secondary sources but primary documents as well. In 1975 and 1976, Meri Knaster's excellent bibliographies appeared. “Women in Latin America: The State of Research, 1975” surveyed the research centers in Latin America with active publishing programs and assessed the state of the art. Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times (1977) is an interdisciplinary bibliography that has become a standard reference on women in Spanish-speaking America. Asunción Lavrin's historiographic essay in Latin American Women: Historical Perspectives charted the course taken by subsequent historical researchers and indicated new directions and resources (Lavrin 1978a). Marysa Navarro's “Research on Latin American Women” discussed the effects of economic development on gender roles in less-developed countries, pointing out that Marxist and radical feminist perspectives do not adequately analyze female society. June Hahner's article, “Researching the History of Latin American Women: Past and Future Directions,” briefly reviewed scholarly trends (Hahner 1983). Her most recent report in this journal identified research centers and important interdisciplinary studies on women in Brazil (Hahner 1985).
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Many people have contributed to this bibliography, but I would especially like to thank Sylvia Arrom, Donna Guy, Albert Hamscher, Burton Kaufman, Sharon Kellum, Elizabeth Kuznesof, Asunción Lavrin, Susan Lobo, Sandra McGee, Donald Mrozek, Jane Slaughter, Patricia Seed, and Allen Wells for their careful reading of the manuscript. While their high standards and insights have improved the article, I nonetheless accept responsibility for its contents. An unabridged version of this bibliography will appear in my forthcoming Latinas of the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Bibliograpy, to be issued by Garland Publishing.
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