Nuevas Direcciones. Un nuevo saber. Los estudios de mujeres.

by Marysa Navarro (Comp.), Catharine R. Stimpson (comp.)

"...Casi todos los ensayos incluidos en Nuevas Direcciones intentan responder, desde distintas posiciones, la misma pregunta: ¿qué significa hacer estudio de mujeres? (...) Los ensayos que conforman este volumen comparten la idea de que los significados humanos se descubren a la vez que se construyen, y que el trabajo intelectual de los estudios de genero/de mujeres es indagar cómo las distintas sociedades construyeron sus significados, en particular, con respecto al sexo, la sexualidad y el género."

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Marysa Navarro was born in Pamplona, Spain, in 1934, and her early life was shaped by the Spanish Civil War and her family’s exile. After studying in Uruguay and earning her PhD at Columbia University, she joined Dartmouth College in 1968, where she championed coeducation and founded both the Women’s Studies Program and the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program.

Originally trained as a political historian, she became a pioneering scholar of women and gender in Latin America, publishing influential works, including the landmark biography of Eva Perón (1981/1982), still considered the definitive account. Throughout her career she held leadership roles in major academic associations, received prestigious awards such as LASA’s Kalman Silvert Award, and was honored with a doctorate honoris causa from the Public University of Navarre.

Recognized as a cosmopolitan, antifascist, and charismatic intellectual, Marysa left a lasting impact on both scholarship and feminist activism.