Negotiating gendered discourses
Subtitle: Michelle Bachelet and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
By: Jane L. Christie
Series: Latin American gender and sexualities
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781498512343
Subjects: Human rights; Politics and government; Political activity; Women presidents; Biography; Women
Description: "Negotiating Gendered Discourses analyzes the discourse surrounding Michelle Bachelet's 2006 presidential election in Chile to that of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's 2007 election in Argentina. Christie reveals key points of intersection between the contemporary political discourse of these elections and the women-led human rights campaigns in the Southern Cone region"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: Women as political subjects and agents in Chile and Argentina; title: Human rights icons : feminized political leadership frames; title: Economic policy claims; title: Feminist policy claims.