Sex in Revolution: Gender, Politics, and Power in Modern Mexico

by Beatriz Riefkohl and Jocelyn Olcott

Sex in Revolution challenges the prevailing narratives of the Mexican Revolution and postrevolutionary state formation by placing women at center stage. Bringing to bear decades of feminist scholarship and cultural approaches to Mexican history, the essays in this book demonstrate how women seized opportunities created by modernization efforts and revolutionary upheaval to challenge conventions of sexuality, work, family life, religious practices,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822338998
• ISBN13: 9780822338994
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"