Gendered Compromises

“[An] important and welcome book.” — Latin American Studies

“Rosemblatt locates the gendered family as a source of both empowerment and constraint in the hands of both women and the state, illuminating both the uses and abuses of this model of male breadwinning and female domestic responsibilities.” — Journal of Women’s History

“A solid and sophisticated book that should appeal not only to Chileanists but also to other students of social history. . . . Rosemblatt fills in the history of gender, women, and feminists.” — American Historical Review

“Labor history scholars and specialists in women’s studies will welcome [Rosemblatt’s] contribution to modern Latin American social history.” — CHOICE

“Clearly illustrates how the popular fronts cultivated the consent of the ruled not only through the promotion of class and political alliances . . . but also through gendered policies aimed at working men and their families.” — Latin American Research Review

“Rosemblatt’s book joins a growing body of important feminist work on political culture and the modern state but truly stands apart from the pack for its theoretical sophistication. . . . A stellar model for feminist subaltern studies.” — Feminist Studies

“A brilliant demonstration of how critical gender was to state formation, national identity, and working-class politics during the popular front governments in Chile. . . . Offers new insights and challenges accepted assessments about this pivotal period in modern Chilean history. . . . This exciting and significant study redefines scholarly understanding of how politics really worked in Chile.” — Journal of Social History

“This is a pathbreaking study of Chilean politics and society during a crucial era in that nation’s history. It will be invaluable to anyone doing research on gender, state formation, or working-class culture in Latin America, and it is a rich contribution to the growing comparative literature on women and the welfare state.” — Barbara Weinstein, State University of New York at Stony Brook

“A valuable and original contribution to our understanding of the history of Chile, the Popular Front, feminism, the Left, labor, professionals, and the state, and of the interactions amongst them. Written with intelligence and filled with interesting arguments and perceptive analyses.” — Peter Winn, Tufts University