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How and to what degree are women worldwide gaining and using power? This book offers the first genuinely comparative assessment of this key question by exploring the conditions, actions, and accomplishments of women in Latin America and Asia. Encompassing 60 percent of the world's population and experiencing far-reaching transformations, these two regions offer a vital window into our understanding of the experiences of women globally. Revealing both basic similarities and fundamental differences, this volume offers thoughtful insights about the changing conditions of women, on the one hand, and, on the other, about patterns of social change throughout Asia and Latin America.
Listado y características de los españoles que fueron becados para realizar investigaciones en 1984.
2020 Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) Book Prize In post-1968 Mexico a group of artists and feminist activists began to question how feminine bodies were visually constructed and politicized across media. Participation of women was increasing in the public sphere, and the exclusive emphasis on written culture was giving way to audio-visual communications. Motivated by a desire for self-representation both visually and in politics, female artists and activists transformed existing regimes of media and visuality. Women Made Visible by Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda uses a transnational and interdisciplinary lens to analyze the fundamental and overlooked role p...
«Nuestra Cruzada es la única lucha en la que los ricos que fueron a la guerra salieron más ricos.» Francisco Franco, 21 de agosto de 1942 Las grandes fortunas amasadas durante el franquismo, en los círculos próximos a la familia directa del general, han mantenido su impronta durante la democracia. Hoy los March, los Fierro, Koplowitz, Coca, Banús, Aguirre, Carceller, etc., continúan entre las familias más ricas de España. En cuanto soplaron los vientos de la democracia, la mayoría no dudó en desmarcarse de la dictadura, para proseguir sus negocios. Este libro habla de su auténtica historia, del modo en que amasaron sus fortunas, de la verdad que ocultan en sus biografías oficia...