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Although the Mexican state had previously established laws regarding the regulation of legal prositution in largely urban settings, the Mexican Revolution produced widespread violence and displacement which encouraged migration to urban centers exacerbating the number of women whom utilized sex work as a means of establishing economic security for themselves and their dependents. Often timesContinue reading “Week 7 Post”

The newly independent states formed out of Bolivar’s wars of independence in the early 19th century were established by liberal intellectuals influenced by ideas emerging from the enlightenment which drew from western models like the French revolution in order to facilitate their introduction into the “modern” world and break away from the Spanish colonial past.Continue reading “Weel 5 Post”

Dr. Gauderman’s “The Authority of Gender: Marital Discord and Social Order in Colonial Quito” delves into the various methods that women used in the colonial city of Quito to challenge the abuses they experienced at the hands of their husbands. In highlighting the differences between ecclesiastical or criminal courts, Dr. Gauderman stresses the decentralized organziationContinue reading “Week 4 Post”

Not Just “Another Woman”: Femicide and Representation in Guatemala by Paula Godoy-Paiz is an article writenn for The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthology in 2012, which is a scholarly journal published by the American Anthropological Association. The article is the result of “12 months of ethnographic fieldwork in 2007” (p.91) done by Godoy-PaizContinue reading “Tues, Feb 4th Post”

It is impressive that the organization for the advancement of LGBTT rights in Argentina has reached the point of establishing inclusionary spaces such as the all trans high school Mocha or the establishment of Association of Argentine Transvestites, later split into the Organization of Transvestities and Transsexuals of Argentina and the Association to Fight forContinue reading “Post for Thursday – 1/29”

Mala Thun’s “Political Inclusion and Representation of Afrodescendent Women in Latin America” fits well with Julia Zaldívar’s piece from last week about the Colectiva Matamba and the mobilization of Afro-Colombian women. Thun accurately states that, “To the extent that women have interests in common, it is by virtue of a shared social position, not aContinue reading “Week 2 Post”