The Bracero Program, 1942–1964
in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History
P ublished online August 2018 .
Article. Subjects: Latin American History; Contemporary History (Post 1945); Diplomatic History; History of Gender and Sexuality; Labour History. 11409 words.
The Bracero Program began in 1942 as a temporary wartime measure but was extended repeatedly until 1964. During that time, more than 4.5 million braceros received contracts to work in the...
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Everyday Life in Argentina in the 1960s
in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History
P ublished online July 2017 .
Article. Subjects: Latin American History; Contemporary History (Post 1945); Social and Cultural History; Local and Family History; History of Gender and Sexuality. 8789 words.
The 1960s in Argentina was a time convulsed by profound social, cultural, and political changes. Reflecting on the effect these processes had on the everyday, conceived as the spaces and...
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Gender and Sexuality in Brazil since Independence
in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History
P ublished online October 2017 .
Article. Subjects: Latin American History; Modern History (1700 to 1945); Contemporary History (Post 1945); Social and Cultural History; History of Gender and Sexuality. 19495 words.
Over the past forty years, increasing attention to gender and sexuality in Brazilian historiography has given us a nuanced understanding of diverse ways in which women and men in Brazil’s...
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Masculinities, Consumption, and Domesticity during the Perón Era
in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History
P ublished online May 2019 .
Article. Subjects: Latin American History; Contemporary History (Post 1945); History of Gender and Sexuality; Labour History. 7144 words.
Supported by a multiclass alliance including the working class and some sectors of industry and the military, Juan Domingo Perón’s government (1946–1955) industrialized the country,...
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