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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Supermadres, Maternal Legacies and Women's Political Participation in Contemporary Latin America
Contributor:
FRANCESCHET, SUSAN;
PISCOPO, JENNIFER M.;
THOMAS, GWYNN
Published:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2016
Published in:
Journal of Latin American Studies, 48 (2016) 1, Seite 1-32
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s0022216x15000814
ISSN:
0022-216X;
1469-767X
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
AbstractElsa Chaney once argued that Latin American women turned to motherhood to justify their political participation. Now that Latin American women have gained unprecedented access to national-level office, we ask whether these cultural narratives of maternalism still condition female politicians’ access to political power. Using public opinion data, media analysis, and elite interviews, we conceptualise four strategic frames deployed by elite women to justify their national-level political careers: the traditional supermadre, the technocratic caretaker, the macho minimiser, and the difference denier. We argue that while today's female politicians have developed diverse responses to maternalism, their access to public office remains profoundly shaped by structural constraints and cultural narratives that privilege traditional feminine ideals of caretaking.