The Boundaries of Sisterhood: Gender and Class in the Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo

Authors

  • Ana Peluffo University of California - Davis

Keywords:

Latin American Cultural Studies, Latin American History, Latin American Politics, Postmodernism

Abstract

This essays explores how the mothers situate themselves with regards to mourning, gender identity and the construction of national memory. At the same time, it points out that their disagreements about the construction of post-dictatorial memory coincided with the emergence of competing models of female political activism.

Author Biography

Ana Peluffo, University of California - Davis

Ana Peluffo es profesora asociada de la Universidad de California - Davis. Su interés abarca los estudios culturales latinoamericanos, con un énfasis en los siglos XIX y comienzos del XX; particularmente, estudios de género, etnicidad, literatura y nación en las regiones andinas y del cono sur.

Published

2007-12-01

How to Cite

Peluffo, A. (2007). The Boundaries of Sisterhood: Gender and Class in the Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 4(2), 77–102. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/274

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Section

Articles / Artículos