Las voces de la ciudad

"Isabela Huffman is a precocious 8 1/2-year-old girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She's dramatic. She sings on the bus, screams like a baby after putting chile powder on her fresh mango and convinces her mom to buy five pair of new shoes for a big family. No matter how many times her mom asks her to just sit down like a normal little girl, she just can't help getting up to take more pictures of her adventures. When will Isabela...

Mujeres en el cambio social en el siglo XX mexicano examina, desde las perspectivas biográfica, cultural y de género, las trayectorias políticas y de vida de cinco mujeres militantes y feministas y su intervención en en la esfera pública. Se expone por qué, cómo y cuándo la participación de las mujeres se hizo más evidente en espacios públicos de principios del siglo XX. El análisis aborda no sólo Guadalajara y México, sino también España y América Latina. Los cinco casos son excelentes ejemplos para examinar la construcción de los cambiantes discursos y práctica en torno a ...

Selection of the papers presented at the XXIII Encuentro Nacional de Investigadores del Pensamiento Novohispano in Zacatecas in 2010.

"Important study of the Maximato (1928-34) sees Cardenismo as the culmination of - rather than the replacement for - many important political developments under Calles. Concludes that there were 'important differences' but also 'essential overlaps' between Calles and Cárdenas. Cardenismo would not have been possible without the Maximato"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.