Gender in Latin America

In Latin America,gender is a fundamental dimension of virtually every aspect ofcontemporary social, economic, and political life. Gender in Latin America is a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of gender in the region atthe start of the twenty-first century. The authors draw on a wide rangeof research, including their own field-based expertise, to illuminatethe importance of diversity in gender in this region. Debunkingtraditional stereotypes, the book charts changes and continuities ingender roles, relations and identities associated with the growingevidence produced by feminist scholarship and activism in the continent.Chapters are arranged around themes such as gender and poverty,gender and population, gender and health, and gender and employment.Each chapter begins with an introduction to the core issues, and debatesin the relevant field in order to set specific regional experienceswithin their global as well as regional contexts. The authors also referto new bodies of literature on the subject, including those on men andmasculinity, fatherhood, and sexuality.