Santo Domingo: Santuario, Concurso Mujeres Inspiradoras Embajada de Francia en Santo Domingo, Marzo 2018, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. iii, 138p., photos, wrps. The set of texts constitutes an interesting material to make a sociological analysis. The testimonies received at the national level reveal the current situation of women in the..... More about MUJERES INPIRADORAS: RELATOS DOMINICANOS
Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, (Serie General universitaria, 230), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 111p., photos, facsimiles, bibl., wrps. A study on the representation of women in Spanish literature during the middle of the 20th century. Under Franco's rule, women were condemned to serve only as wives and mothers. The work also reflects..... More about Vivir el tiempo: mujeres e imaginación literaria
México: Nitro/Press, Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo del Estado de Puebla, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 301p., photos, wrps. "Veintitrés y uno. Charlas con 23 escritoras" is a collection of interviews with 23 female Mexican writers, showcasing the diversity of voices in the country and offering new insights into the craft..... More about Veintitrés y uno. Charlas con 23 escritoras
Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, IEP Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Ser. Perú Problema; 39, 2014. 1st ed. Paperback. 298p., biblio., notes. [Sociology. Based on the words and experiences of women who have experienced domestic abuse. Considers both everyday violence and the resistance to it, the..... More about La mujer en la violencia; pobreza, género y resistencia en el Perú
Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, IEP Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2014. 1st ed. 298p., biblio., notes. Ser. Perú Problema; 39. [Sociology. Based on the words and experiences of women who have experienced domestic abuse. Considers both everyday violence and the resistance to it, the reproduction..... More about La mujer en la violencia; pobreza, género y resistencia en el Perú
Barcelona: Lumen (Narrativa), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 282p., illus., wrps. "Tranquilas: historias para ir solas por la noche" explores how girls are taught to be cautious and afraid of being alone in the street, neighborhoods, bars, the closed doors of a co-worker or boss's office, the car or house of..... More about Tranquilas: historias para ir solas por la noche
Buenos Aires: UNDAV Ediciones, Punto de Encuentro (Col. Criminología Crítica Raúl Zaffaroni, no. 2), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 335p., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Hacia una criminología feminista" explores the issue of women who are deprived of their liberties and subjected forms of violence such as femicide, seeking to arouse concern..... More about Hacia una criminología feminista: Violencia, androcentrismo, justicia y derechos humanos
México, D.F: DEMAC, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. 61p., wrps. "Somos uno" is the story of a woman who experiences a transformation after the birth of her disabled son. The account explores the pain of her experience; the social expectations for mothers, women, wives and female professionals; and the concepts of..... More about Somos uno
Lima: Editorial Planeta Peru, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 158p., wrps. "Una voz que existe. Microcuentos" is a collection of micro stories written by eight female Latin American authors, including: Claudia Salazar, Giovanna Pollarolo, María Luisa del Río, Victoria Guerrero, Carmen Ollé, Fortunata Barrios, Kathy Serrano, and Nataly Villena Vega. Each..... More about Una voz que existe. Microcuentos
México, D.F: Miguel Ángel Porrúa, (Estudios de Género), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 181p., wrps. "Mujeres ante la crisis economica global: Empoderamiento y precariedad" is a study on gender and economics, particularly focusing on how women in Mexico are affected by economic turmoil or growth. Contents include: "Mujeres en la economía..... More about Mujeres ante la crisis economica global: Empoderamiento y precariedad
Barcelona: Tusquets Editores (Colección Andanzas), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 190p., wrps. In "Ahora que te vas", Ruth and Andrea talk about their lives throughout the course of a day, while Andrea faces feelings that she struggled to forget. Ruth also reflects on the different phases of her life and how..... More about Ahora que te vas
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 314p., tables, bibl., wrps. "Matrimonio y violencia domestica en Lima colonial (1795-1820)" provides statistical analysis on marriage and domistic violence in colonial Lima, Peru. Features chapters on patriarchal strucutres, marriage as a form of social control, and controversies of the era..... More about Matrimonio y violencia domestica en Lima colonial (1795-1820
México, D.F: TierraAdentro, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. iii, 75p., wrps. In Cabrera's fourth book, "Perras" the term appropriates and misappropriates meanings, enters and leaves popular speech to reveal honest and scathing snapshots about being women in the here and now. Menstruation, violent ex-boyfriends, sorority, family, jealousy..... More about Perras
Sevilla: Editorial Renacimiento, (Colección Los Cuatro Vientos ; 141), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 239p., bibl., wrps. Collected essays by Spanish exile, politician and feminist Clara Campoamor, who is best known for her advocacy of women's rights. More about La mujer quiere alas y otros ensayos
México, D.F: Ediciones Proceso, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. iii, 278p., photos, wrps. Recalls and memorializes the efforts of various women in the popular student movement of 1968 in Mexico. Their political, social, and cultural achievements can be valued more than 50 years later. Contents include: "¿Quién grita, quién llama?, Rina..... More about Ellas. Las mujeres del 68
Ecuador: FLASCO, 2019. 1st Edition. Paperback. viii, 272p., photos, bibl., wrps. The book contains a critical study of the advertising industry in Ecuador from a double perspective: how advertising represents the female body and how women of different social classes accept or reject those images, which induce them to discipline..... More about Mujeres en la publicidad del Ecuador: de las imágenes a los cuerpos
Huancayo: Universidad Continental, Fondo Editorial, 2019. First edition. 475p., photos, illus., bibl., wrps. "Los derechos de la mujer en el cine" explores the role of women in cinema, shedding light on the state of equality between men and women, the challenges in upholding that principle, and how film has been..... More about Los derechos de la mujer en el cine
Barcelona: Icaria Editorial (Mujeres y culturas), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 237p., photos, bibl., wrps. "Cuerpos de escándalo" analyzes how Spanish women at the turn of the century took advantage of their presence in the public space to subvert nineteenth-century stereotypes about femininity. Contents include: "Comerciar con el deseo: espectáculos populares..... More about Cuerpos de escándalo: celebridad femenina en el fin-de-siècle
México, D.F. Artes de México y del Mundo, Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, PROCESBAC, 2017. Paperback. 263p., photos, illus., bibl., wrps. "Eclipse de siete lunas : mujeres muralistas en México" aims to rectify the historic absence of women muaralists through a presentation and study of art created by..... More about Eclipse de siete lunas : mujeres muralistas en México
Hermosillo: El Colegio de Sonora, 2006. first reprinting. Paperback. 254p., wrps. This edited volume analyzes various projects conducted under the auspices of the bi-national Transborder Consortium for Research and Action into Gender and Health on the Mexico-United States Border. The goal of this Consortium is to establish a new model..... More about Compartiendo historias de fronteras; Cuerpos, géneros, generaciones y salud
México, D.F. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ediciones del Lirio (Biblioteca de Signos), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 307p., bibl., wrps. "Rosario Castellanos. Intelectual mexicana" is a biography on Mexican writer Rosario Castellanos Figueroa, particularly exploring why she was not recognized as an intellectual in her life. To understand this inquiry, Claudia Maribel..... More about Rosario Castellanos. Intelectual mexicana
Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, (In culpa est, no. 5), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 578p., facsimiles, tables, wrps. "Diccionario de mujeres impresoras y libreras: de España e Iberoamérica entre los siglos XV y XVIII" a reference dictionary for women involved with publishing books in Spain and Latin America..... More about Diccionario de mujeres impresoras y libreras: de España e Iberoamérica entre los siglos XV y XVIII
Buenos Aires: Catálogos, 2007. first edition. Paperback. 273p., biblio., biobiblio., notes, tables. [Philosophy. Third volume of studies on the comparative history of Latin American feminist movements has three themes: “Hechos”, on contemporary movements in Peru and Venezuela, and the increase in women-headed households; “Memorias”, on revolutionary women in El Salvador..... More about Perfiles del feminismo iberoamericano; Volumen 3
Santiago de Chile: Pehuén, (Colección Testimonio), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. iv, 335p., bibl., wrps. This book of memories rescues the lives of four militant women who, since the end of the sixties, actively participated from the MIR in that avalanche of people who mobilized pushing the process of change that..... More about Mujeres en el MIR: des-armando la memoria
Mexico City: El colegio de México, Fondo de Cultura Económica (Colección Tierra Firme), 2014. 2nd Printing. Paperback. 240p., photos, index, wrps. "Las conspiradoras" provides an extensive tour of the world of female discourse, featuring famous testimonies from mystical nuns during the 17th century in New Spain, as well as current..... More about Las conspiradoras: La representación de la mujer en México