Seeking Rights from the Left offers a unique comparative assessment
of left-leaning Latin American governments by examining their
engagement with feminist, women's, and LGBT movements and issues.
Focusing on the "Pink Tide" in eight national cases-Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and
Venezuela-the contributors evaluate how the Left addressed gender-
and sexuality-based rights through the state. Most of these
governments improved the basic conditions of poor women and their
families. Many significantly advanced women's representation in
national legislatures. Some legalized same-sex relationships and
enabled their citizens to claim their own gender identity. They
also opened opportunities for feminist and LGBT movements to press
forward their demands. But at the same time, these governments have
largely relied on heteropatriarchal relations of power, ignoring or
rejecting the more challenging elements of a social agenda and
engaging in strategic trade-offs among gender and sexual rights.
Moreover, the comparative examination of such rights arenas reveals
that the Left's more general political and economic projects have
been profoundly, if at times unintentionally, informed by
traditional understandings of gender and sexuality. Contributors:
Sonia E. Alvarez, Maria Constanza Diaz, Rachel Elfenbein, Elisabeth
Jay Friedman, Niki Johnson, Victoria Keller, Edurne Larracoechea
Bohigas, Amy Lind, Marlise Matos, Shawnna Mullenax, Ana Laura
Rodriguez Gusta, Diego Sempol, Constanza Tabbush, Gwynn Thomas,
Catalina Trebisacce, Annie Wilkinson
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