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The struggles for independence in Latin America during the first half of the nineteenth century were accompanied by a wide-ranging debate about political rights, nationality and citizenship. In South American Independence, Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster and Hilary Owen investigate the neglected role of gender in that discussion. Examining women writers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Colombia, the book traces the contradictions inherent in revolutionary movements that, while arguing for the rights of all, remained ambivalent, at best, about the place of women. Through studies of both published and unpublished writings, South American Independence reveals the complex role of women in shaping the vexed ideologies of independence

In this work, the author focuses on the difficulties and contradictions faced by human rights when faced with movements that demand the presence of religion in the public sphere. He proposes an alliance between the different theologies of liberation existing in different religions and counter-hegemonic conceptions of human rights

"Diary of the first ombudsman (1989-91) at Folha de São Paulo, whose tenure coincided with a period in which the Folha was emerging as arguably the most politically influential newspaper in Brazil. Presents a fruitful study of journalistic ethics and the relationship between media and politics"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57