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Extraordinary Life of Juana Catarina Romero

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Gender and Power in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvFrancie R. Chassen-López

2 009 kr

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The construction of the nation-state, the development of capitalism, and the modernization of society have historically been defined as masculine endeavors, with women on the sidelines. This biography of Juana Catarina Romero (1837–1915) shatters many of the stereotypes of nineteenth-century women and provides a new perspective of women's national agency during a time in which women could neither vote nor hold political office. Romero's breathtaking climb from illiterate cigarette peddler and Liberal spy to wealthy entrepreneur, philanthropist, and, finally, cacica (political boss) of the city of Tehuantepec, despite the opposition of male elites, reveals the growing fluidity of class, race, and ethnicity.Francie Chassen-López's fascinating biography of Romero offers rich insight into the complexities of modernization as it developed on the periphery of Mexico. Romero sought a Tehuantepec-style modernity, a modus vivendi between modernization, Catholicism, and isthmian Zapotec culture. Like her friend President Porfirio Díaz, Romero formed part of a group of ambitious Mexicans of modest origins, forged in civil war, who would build the Mexican nation-state.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieConfluencias
Antal sidor364
FörlagUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN9781496246707

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"A magnificent book—certainly the best and most innovative we have on gender, nation building, and market expansion in nineteenth century Mexico. . . . It will be a model for gender studies. It is also a model for studies integrating history at the local, regional, national, and international levels."—Mary Kay Vaughan, author of Portrait of a Young Painter: Pepe Zúñiga and Mexico City´s Rebel Generation"This modern biography of Juana Catarina Romero from a gender perspective is original due to its very structure: The author combines two axes, the thematic and the chronological, and uses several methodologies such as regional history, microhistory, education and culture, public health, and daily life. The management of biographical time with historical time is another of Francie Chassen-López's achievements."—Mílada Bazant, author of Laura Méndez de Cuenca: Mexican Feminist, 1853–1928