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Introduction

Gender Pedagogy through Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Texts— The What, How, and Who

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This volume has arisen as a response to the questions that department colleagues and I had a few years ago about how to teach gender issues and feminism today.1 On the one hand, some of us had experienced the skepticism of some students regarding the validity of feminism and gender awareness nowadays. These students perceived feminism as something from the past, tied to the historical struggle of women over suffrage, legal status and reproductive rights.

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  1. University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

    Leila Gómez

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  1. University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

    Leila Gómez

  2. University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

    Asunción Horno-Delgado

  3. University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

    Mary K. Long

  4. University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

    Núria Silleras-Fernández

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Gómez, L. (2015). Introduction. In: Gómez, L., Horno-Delgado, A., Long, M.K., Silleras-Fernández, N. (eds) Teaching Gender through Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Texts and Cultures. Teaching Gender. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-091-8_1

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