Sex in Revolution challenges the prevailing narratives of the
Mexican Revolution and postrevolutionary state formation by placing
women at center stage. Bringing to bear decades of feminist
scholarship and cultural approaches to Mexican history, the essays
in this book demonstrate how women seized opportunities created by
modernization efforts and revolutionary upheaval to challenge
conventions of sexuality, work, family life, religious practices,
and civil rights.Concentrating on episodes and phenomena that
occurred between 1915 and 1950, the contributors deftly render
experiences ranging from those of a transgendered Zapatista soldier
to upright damas católicas and Mexico City’s chicas modernas
pilloried by the press and male students. Women refashioned their
lives by seeking relief from bad marriages through divorce courts
and preparing for new employment opportunities through vocational
education. Activists ranging from Catholics to Communists mobilized
for political and social rights. Although forced to compromise in
the face of fierce opposition, these women made an indelible
imprint on postrevolutionary society. These essays illuminate
emerging practices of femininity and masculinity, stressing the
formation of subjectivity through civil-society mobilizations,
spectatorship and entertainment, and locales such as workplaces,
schools, churches, and homes. The volume’s epilogue examines how
second-wave feminism catalyzed this revolutionary legacy, sparking
widespread, more radically egalitarian rural women’s organizing
in the wake of late-twentieth-century democratization campaigns.
The conclusion considers the Mexican experience alongside those of
other postrevolutionary societies, offering a critical comparative
perspective. Contributors. Ann S. Blum, Kristina A. Boylan,
Gabriela Cano, MarÃa Teresa Fernández Aceves, Heather
Fowler-Salamini, Susan Gauss, Temma Kaplan, Carlos Monsiváis,
Jocelyn Olcott, Anne Rubenstein, Patience Schell, Stephanie Smith,
Lynn Stephen, Julia Tuñón, Mary Kay Vaughan
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