Lara Elizabeth Putnam. The Company They Kept. Migrants and the Politics of Gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960. The University of North Carolina Press, 2002

Authors

  • Patricia Alvarenga Venutolo

Keywords:

Book Reviews, Gender Studies, Migration, Cultural Studies, Economic Policy, Cultural Policy, History, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Caribbean, Costa Rica

Abstract

This book explores the cultural dynamics of the Costa Rican Caribbean through the historical processes of gender construction and ethnicity. Although in our academic practice we often refer to the historical character of these categories, in historical production it is difficult to find studies that analyze their dynamism with the depth that Putnam does. Through an imaginative use of quantitative and qualitative sources, the author portrays the cultural construction of the Caribbean and carefully integrates the socio-economic framework in which it takes place. The migratory trends and the economic conjunctures, analyzed in detail, allow the author to construct the scenarios of the cultural world.

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Published

2002-07-01

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Bibliographical Analysis (not peer reviewed section)

How to Cite

Alvarenga Venutolo, Patricia. 2002. “Lara Elizabeth Putnam. The Company They Kept. Migrants and the Politics of Gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960. The University of North Carolina Press, 2002”. Revista De Historia., no. 46 (July): 315-20. https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/historia/article/view/10231.