"Provides a fresh analysis of the impact of the revolution on Yucatecan society . . . . a welcome addition to the historiography of patriarchy in Mexico."
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Bulletin of Latin American Research"Studies in English on the Mexican Revolution must strike a difficult balance that is common in area studies. . . . Smith . . . does an admirable job of satisfying on all counts. . . . A lucid, accessible text. . . . Highly recommended."
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Choice"An engaging story of women who struggled to shape the revolutionary project. . . . Smith's engaging writing style and clear analysis makes this an excellent choice for classroom use."
-H-Net Reviews
"Smith's work contributes significantly to our understanding of how the Mexican Revolution affected gender in the Yucatán…Impressive original research."
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Mexican Studies"A highly readable and at times poignant social history rich with political implications."
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Hispanic American Historical Review"An example of groundbreaking research in gender studies. . . . Smith's research shows that women were far more active and influential than is usually admitted. . . . A welcomed contribution to the field of gender studies and will definitely force us to see the Mexican Revolution in a new light."
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The Latin Americanist"An important contribution to the emergent field of Mexican feminist theory. . . . Scholars of Mexican history, women and gender, and legal studies will learn much from this very readable book."
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The Americas"Thoughtful. . . . Smith has revealed and sensitively analyzed a world awash in complexity and complication, a revolutionary world in which Yucatan women fought to be treated properly. These women, as Smith reminds us, crafted legacies to which future women could turn."
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American Historical Review"Smith has rewritten the revolutionary history of the Yucatan. We will never be able to go back to romanticizing the socialist governors or imagining an egalitarian society that never existed in the first place."
- Patrick McNamara, author of
Sons of the Sierra: Juarez, Diaz, and the People of Ixtlan, Oaxaca, 1855-1920"With a multiple focus on laws, court proceedings, and women's mobilizations,
Gender and the Mexican Revolution demonstrates how gender identities, old and new, pervaded political and legal processes in a moment of extraordinary instability and turbulence. It makes a significant contribution to the thriving field of twentieth-century women and gender history in Latin America."
- Mary Kay Vaughan, coeditor of
Sex in Revolution: Gender, Politics,and Power in Modern Mexico
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