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The relationship between gender and nationalism is a compelling
issue that is receiving increasing coverage in the scholarly
literature. With case studies covering Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia
and Mexico, this is the first book to explore these links in the
context of Latin America. It includes contributions from Latin
American scholars to offer a unique and revealing view of the most
important political and cultural issues. The work opens by
outlining four dimensions in the relationship between gender and
nationalism. These are: the contribution of women to nation
building and their exclusion from it by the state and its
institutions; the role of women in contemporary ethnic and
nationalist movements; the place of the female body in the myths
and traditions surrounding the nation; and the role of women in
forging the intellectual and artistic culture of the nation. It
then provides both theoretical and empirical explorations of these
themes, with chapters covering the debate on multiculturalism and
gender in the construction of the nation, the struggles of ethnic
women to participate politically in their communities and studies
of the first Mexican filmmaker, Mimi Derrba and the indigenous
heroine Dolores Cacuango from Ecuador.
The relationship between gender and nationalism is a compelling
issue that is receiving increasing coverage in the scholarly
literature. With case studies covering Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia
and Mexico, this is the first book to explore these links in the
context of Latin America. It includes contributions from Latin
American scholars to offer a unique and revealing view of the most
important political and cultural issues. The work opens by
outlining four dimensions in the relationship between gender and
nationalism. These are: the contribution of women to nation
building and their exclusion from it by the state and its
institutions; the role of women in contemporary ethnic and
nationalist movements; the place of the female body in the myths
and traditions surrounding the nation; and the role of women in
forging the intellectual and artistic culture of the nation. It
then provides both theoretical and empirical explorations of these
themes, with chapters covering the debate on multiculturalism and
gender in the construction of the nation, the struggles of ethnic
women to participate politically in their communities and studies
of the first Mexican filmmaker, Mimi Derrba and the indigenous
heroine Dolores Cacuango from Ecuador.
In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has resulted in
the buying and selling of human beings. Poverty, social
instability, lawlessness, gender biases, and ethnic hostility have
entrapped millions in the world of modern day slavery, with the
result that human trafficking is one of the fastest growing
criminal industries in the world. Every year, men, women, and
children from across the globe are transported within or across
borders for the purpose of forced labor and sexual exploitation.
Despite the plethora of journalistic articles written on human
trafficking there is a need for more rigorous academic analysis of
the phenomenon. Although groups from many different ideologies have
embraced policies to end human trafficking, there are still many
gaps and unanswered questions, particularly with regard to the
amount of, and nature of the phenomenon. This book provides an
insight into the complexity of human trafficking by addressing both
how the scope of globalization impacts the sex industry and forced
labor, and how vulnerability is a growing cause of human
trafficking, affecting traditional diasporic and migratory
patterns. This book was originally published as a special issue of
the Journal of Intercultural Studies.
In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has resulted in
the buying and selling of human beings. Poverty, social
instability, lawlessness, gender biases, and ethnic hostility have
entrapped millions in the world of modern day slavery, with the
result that human trafficking is one of the fastest growing
criminal industries in the world. Every year, men, women, and
children from across the globe are transported within or across
borders for the purpose of forced labor and sexual exploitation.
Despite the plethora of journalistic articles written on human
trafficking there is a need for more rigorous academic analysis of
the phenomenon. Although groups from many different ideologies have
embraced policies to end human trafficking, there are still many
gaps and unanswered questions, particularly with regard to the
amount of, and nature of the phenomenon. This book provides an
insight into the complexity of human trafficking by addressing both
how the scope of globalization impacts the sex industry and forced
labor, and how vulnerability is a growing cause of human
trafficking, affecting traditional diasporic and migratory
patterns. This book was originally published as a special issue of
the Journal of Intercultural Studies.
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