Why Women Protest Women's Movements in Chile [Paperback]

This book compares two ideologically opposed examples of women's movements in Chile.This book compares two ideologically opposed examples of women's movements in Chile: the women who mobilized against the democratically-elected government of President Salvador Allende (1970-1973) and the women who mobilized against the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). This book documents and explains the similarities that exist between these two very different movements in terms of the moment at which they emerge and the way in which they frame their demands.This book compares two ideologically opposed examples of women's movements in Chile: the women who mobilized against the democratically-elected government of President Salvador Allende (1970-1973) and the women who mobilized against the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). This book documents and explains the similarities that exist between these two very different movements in terms of the moment at which they emerge and the way in which they frame their demands.This book compares two ideologically opposed examples of women's movements in Chile. It studies the women who mobilized against the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende (1970-1973) and those who mobilized against the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). The study documents and explains the similarities that exist between these two very different movements in terms of the moment at which they emerge and the way in which they frame their demands.List of figures and tables; Preface; 1. Why women protest: tipping, timing, and framing; 2. Mothers of the cold war, daughters of the revolution: an historical overview of women and Chilean politics; Part I. Women against Allende: 3. The revolution hits home: women organize against Allende; 4. Catapulting men to action: the march of the empty pots; 5. 'Feminine power' and the end of the socialist revolution; Part II. WolC1