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"The Republic Of Women": Notes Towards A Critical Assessment, Mariela Méndez

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

"The largest changefor us in a qualitative one, to learn how to think of power in feminine terms, without resorting to masculine codes,"¹ concludes a participant in "The Republic of Women," a year-long project aimed at raising consciousness around gender issues among women engaged in political and unionist activities in contemporary Argentina. Comments of a similar nature abound in the discussion sessions following the screening of Salt of the Earth, a 1953 American film about the plight of Mexican workers that helped the project's organizers foster a critical dialogue around gender constraints within different Argentinean organizations (Catton Alvarez …