Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Restoring Women to History)

by Marysa Navarro (Author), KeciaAli (Author), VirginiaSanchezKorrol (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $21.59

  Examines the role of women and gender ideology during the pre-contact and colonial periods in Latin America. This book looks at early indigenous societies along with the Spanish and the Portuguese, noting the interaction of race and class. It illustrates the dynamics through portraits of individual women and their legal status and economic roles.