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AbstractBefore the 1980s, LGBT groups in Latin America were largely (though not entirely) excluded from the state. This article argues that a combination of factors—democratization, social movement demands, neoliberal globalization and its accompanying discourse of modernity—has led many state actors to seek to incorporate LGBT groups into the state. Considering two cases of self-proclaimed revolutionary parties, Mexico's PRI and Nicaragua's FSLN, the article examines how and why these parties incorporated LGBT organizations and what impact such incorporation had on the LGBT groups themselves. In both countries, LGBT groups benefited from clientelistic resources at the same time that they found themselves deradicalizing, often forced to accept visibility without rights. But in Nicaragua, a more recent revolutionary experience and ties to a combative, autonomous feminist movement have allowed some LGBT activists to resist the state's efforts to co-opt their movement.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I Radical Women in Central America -- CHRONOLOGY OF NICARAGUA -- CHRONOLOGY OF EL SALVADOR -- CHRONOLOGY OF GUATEMALA -- 1 Somocista Women, Right-Wing Politics, and Feminism in Nicaragua, 1936-1979 -- 2 Women in the Armed Struggles in Nicaragua: Sandinistas and Contras Compared -- 3 The Coalición Nacional de Mujeres: An Alliance of Left-Wing Women, Right-Wing Women, and Radical Feminists in Nicaragua -- 4 Right- and Left-Wing Women in Post-Revolutionary El Salvador: Feminist Autonomy and Cross-Political Alliance Building for Gender Equality -- 5 A Feminist Reconstruction of Parenthood Within Neoliberal Constraints: La Asociación de Madres Demandantes in El Salvador -- 6 Gender Equality, Democratization, and the Revolutionary Left in Central America: Guatemala in Comparative Context -- PART II Radical Women in South America -- CHRONOLOGY OF ARGENTINA -- CHRONOLOGY OF BRAZIL -- CHRONOLOGY OF CHILE -- 7 Spreading Right-Wing Patriotism, Femininity, and Morality: Women in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1900-1940 -- 8 Changing the System from Within? Feminist Participation in the Brazilian Workers' Party -- 9 Nonpartisanship as a Political Strategy: Women Left, Right, and Center in Chile -- 10 Defending Dictatorship: Conservative Women in Pinochet's Chile and the 1988 Plebiscite -- Conclusion -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX

Enthält Rezensionen u.a. von: Shayne, Julie D.: The revolution question: feminismin El Salvador, Chile, and Cuba. - New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004. - 240 S

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Alvarez, Sonia E. -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I. Setting the Stage -- Introduction / Lebon, Nathalie -- 1. Accommodating the Private into the Public Domain: Experiences and Legacies of the Past Four Decades / Maier, Elizabeth -- Part II. Women, Work, and Families: The Structural Context of Globalization -- 2. Women's Work and Neoliberal Globalization: Implications for Gender Equity / Colón, Alice / Poggio, Sara -- 3. Female-Headed Households and Poverty in Latin America: A Comparison of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic / Safa, Helen -- 4. A "Top-Down"-"Bottom-Up" Model: Four Decades of Women's Employment and Gender Ideology in Cuba / Sarmiento, Marta Núñez -- Part III. Women's Agency for Plural Democracy and Full Citizenship -- 5. The Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Speak / Marco, Graciela Di -- 6. Gender Politics in Nicaragua: Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Return of Daniel Ortega / Kampwirth, Karen -- 7. Haiti: Women in Conquest of Full and Total Citizenship in an Endless Transition / Merlet, Myriam -- 8. From Urban Elite to Peasant Organizing: Agendas, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Thirty-plus Years of Guatemalan Feminism, 1975-2007 / Carrillo, Ana Lorena / Chinchilla, Norma Stoltz -- Part IV. Broadening the Circle of Women's Activism: New Meanings from Intersecting Oppressions -- 9. Women's Movements in Argentina: Tensions and Articulations / Marco, Graciela Di -- 10. Advocating for Citizenship and Social Justice: Black Women Activists in Brazil / Caldwell, Kia Lilly -- 11. Itineraries of Latin American Lesbian Insubordination / Mogrovejo, Norma -- 12. Respect, Discrimination, and Violence: Indigenous Women in Ecuador, 1990-2007 / Prieto, Mercedes / Pequeño, Andrea / Cominao, Clorinda / Flores, Alejandra / Maldonado, Gina -- Part V. Shaping Public Policy with a Gender Perspective -- 13. Peace Begins at Home: Women's Struggles against Violence and State Actions in Costa Rica / Sagot, Montserrat -- 14. New Challenges in Feminist Practice: The Women's Institutes in Mexico / Tarrés, María Luisa -- 15. Women's Struggles for Rights in Venezuela: Opportunities and Challenges / Rakowski, Cathy A. / Espina, Gioconda -- 16. Trickling Up, Down, and Sideways: Gender Policy and Political Opportunity in Brazil / Macaulay, Fiona -- Part VI. The Politics of Scale: Local, Regional, and Global Feminist Agency -- 17. From Insurgency to Feminist Struggle: The Search for Social Justice, Democracy, and Equality between Women and Men / Herrera, Morena -- 18. The Latin American Network of Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir / Navarro, Marysa / Mejía, María Consuelo -- 19. Constructing New Democratic Paradigms for Global Democracy: The Contribution of Feminisms / Vargas, Virginia -- Part VII. Concluding Considerations -- 20. Concluding Reflections: Renegotiating Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean / Maier, Elizabeth -- Notes on Contributors -- Index