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This reference combines commentary and explanation with a detailed chronology to illuminate the period of 1987 to 1993 in Central America. It offers a succinct overview of pacification and democracy in the region, including criticism of the structuralist approaches like those of Chomsky and Petras.

Challenging the stereotypical images of the dominating male and the subservient woman, this book addresses the variety of representations of gender in Latin American culture. The essays present ethnographic material from Mexico city to the highlands of Ecuador.