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“El feminismo no es la historia de mi vida”, fue el título de un libro de éxito publicado en Estados Unidos hace años. Muchas mujeres se identifican con esa frase. La palabra “feminismo” provoca rechazo en gran número de personas. Pero, aunque este movimiento reivindicativo no sea la historia de la vida de muchas mujeres y la radicalidad de muchos de sus planteamientos haya influido en su descrédito, resulta incuestionable que el feminismo forma parte de la vida de todas las mujeres. Desde mi trabajo durante varias décadas en la más influyente revista femenina en España, he seguido de cerca el paso de la “mujer en la sombra” a la “mujer en el mundo”. Una mujer con ros...
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During the 20th century, medico-technical advances such as the invention of the latex condom (1930), the arrival of the contraceptive pill on the free market (1960/61) and the birth of the first child conceived by in vitro fertilization (1978) contributed to the fact that in Europe and the USA, the planning, conceiving and making of children was increasingly perceived as a matter of individual and collective decision-making. Especially since mid-century, these societies underwent profound political, economic and cultural evolutions. In the realm of human reproduction the relationship between the possible, the desirable, and the permitted had to be continually renegotiated. This volume examines in nine chapters how thinking, speaking and acting changed with regards to reproduction and family planning throughout the modern and post-modern period. Applying an international comparative perspective, the study specifically focuses on the role of value changes underlying these transformation processes.
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Study of the social and cultural anthropology of squatter human settlements in the Lima urban area, Peru - dscribes social structure, living conditions, attitudes, value systems, human relationships of kinship and family, income generating activities, community development programmes, social integration, etc. In two Andean Indian rural migrant settlements. Bibliography, diagrams and photographs.
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