Cuba: a Bibliography: Gender / Women / Relationship between the Sexes (20th century)

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Cuba in the 20th century
Gender / Women / Relationship between the Sexes (Bibliography)

Author: Dr. Oliver Gliech

1. General Literature

Catasus, Sonia; Farnos, Alfonso; Gonzalez, Fernando; Grove, Rosario; Hernandez, Raul; Morejon, Blanca: Cuban Women: Changing Roles and Population Trends, 125 p., United Nations Fund for Population Activities <UNFPA>, Internat. Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland, 1988

Cole, Johnnetta B.; Reed, Gail A.: Women In Cuba: Old Problems and New Ideas, in: Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, vol. 15, nr. 3/4, Women in the Americas: Relationships, Work and Power (1986), pp. 321-353

Henning, Doris: Frauen in der kubanischen Geschichte: zur Rolle der Frau im gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozeß Kubas von der Kolonialzeit bis zur Revolution, 272 p., Lang, Frankfurt a.M., 1996

Luciak, Ilja A.: Gender and democracy in Cuba, 143 p., Univ. Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2007

Porr, Madeleine (ed.): Von Träumen und anderen Wirklichkeiten: Einblicke in das Leben kubanischer Frauen, 205 p., AG SPAK Bücher, Neu-Ulm, 2005

Zeuske, Michael: Sklaverei, Postemanzipation und Gender auf Kuba. Ein Überblick, in: Comparativ Jg. 17, nr. 1 (2007), pp. 18-37

1.1. Sources

Frauen in Cuba: Interviews, Berichte, Aufsätze, 171 p., Rotpunktverl., Zürich, 1984

1.2. Autobiographies

Sánchez, Yoani: Cuba libre: von der Kunst Fidel Castro zu überleben, 255 p., Dt. Erstausg, Heyne, München, 2010

1.2. Statistics and Gender Indices

Gender Inequality Index and related indicators (GII): -> Cuba

Valdés Echeñique, Teresa; Gomáriz Moraga, Enrique (Hrsg.): Mujeres latinoamericanas en cifras, Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales, Instituto de la Mujer, España; Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Bd. 7: Cuba / coord. locales Véliz, Esther; Valdés Echeñique, Teresa; Gomáriz, Enrique, 111 S., FLACSO-Chile, Santiago de Chile; Inst. de la Mujer, Madrid, 1993

1.3. Gender Studies

Froines, Ann: Women's Studies in Cuba, in: NWSA Journal, vol. 5, nr. 2 (1993), pp. 233-245

Núñez Sarmiento, Marta: Gender Studies in Cuba: MethodologicalApproaches, 1974-2001, in: Gender and Society, vol. 17, nr. 1 (2003), pp. 7-32

Sosa, Maria Isabel; Proveyer, Clotilde; Brookes, Kristen G.: The Cuban Woman as a Social Subject: Reflections on a Case Study, in: NWSA Journal, vol. 5, nr. 3 (1993), pp. 357-360

2. Special Topics

2.1. Abortion

Bélanger, Danièle, Flynn, Andrea: The Persistence of Induced Abortion in Cuba: Exploring the Notion of an "Abortion Culture", in: Studies in Family Planning, vol. 40, nr. 1 (2009), pp. 13-26

2.2. Art

Laduke, Betty: Women and Art in Cuba: "Feminism Is Not Our Issue", in: Woman's Art Journal, vol. 5, nr. 2 (1984 - Winter, 1985), pp. 34-40

2.3. Families

Allahar, Anton L.: Women and the family in Cuba: A study across time, in: Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, vol. 20, nr. 1 (1994), pp. 87-120

2.4. Guerrilla before 1959

Kampwirth, Karen: Women & guerrilla movements: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, Cuba, 104 p., Pennsylvania State U.P., University Park, Pa., 2002

Klouzal, Linda A.: Women and rebel communities in the Cuban insurgentmovement, 1952 - 1959, 367 p., Cambria Press, Amherst, N.Y., 2008

MacLean, Betsy: Haydée Santamaria: [woman guerilla leader in Cuba whose passion for art and revolution inspired Latin Americas cultural renaissance], 124 p., Melbourne: Ocean, 2003

2.5. Hausholds

Pertierra, Anna Cristina: En Casa: Women and Households in Post-Soviet Cuba, in: Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 40, nr. 4, Cuba: 50 Years of Revolution (2008), pp. 743-767

2.6. Labor

World Bank: Labor force participation rate, female -> Cuba

Osmond, Marie Withers: Women factory workers in contemporary Cuba: State policies and individual perceptions, in: International Review of Modern Sociology, vol. 21, nr. 2 (1991), pp. 1-24

2.7. Media Images and Representations

Medrano, Feliza: "Ni chicha ni limonada": depictions of the mulatto woman in Cuban tobacco art, 20 p., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1999

2.8. Prostitution

Kummels, Ingrid: Love in the Time of Diaspora. Global Markets and Local Meanings in Prostitution, Marriage and Womanhood in Cuba, in: Iberoamericana, Nueva época, Jg. 5, nr. 20 (2005), pp. 7-26

Tchak, Sami: La prostitution à Cuba: communisme, ruses et débrouille,158 p., L'Harmattan, Paris, 1999

Cuba in the 20th century Gender / Women / Relationship between the Sexes (Bibliography)