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Please see Professor Alvarez's CV for a complete list of publications, including translations and reprints.

 

BOOKS

Translocalities/Translocalidades: Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas, co-edited with Claudia de Lima Costa, Verónica Feliu, Rebecca Hester, Norma Klahn, and Millie Thayer, with the assistance of Cruz C. Bueno.   Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014. 

Cultures of Politics/Politics of Cultures: Re-visioning Latin American Social Movements, co-edited with Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.

The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy, and Democracy, co-edited with Arturo Escobar. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992.

Engendering Democracy in Brazil: Women's Movements in Transition Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990.

 

EDITED ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS

Guest co-editor, “Política Feminista de Tradução nas Américas Latinas” [Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas], with Claudia de Lima Costa.  Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 17, No. 3, 2009.

Editor, LASA Forum, six issues, Winter 2005-Spring 2006.

Guest co-editor, “Dossiê Fórum Social Mundial e Feminismos [World Social Forum and Feminisms Dossier],” with Nalu Faria and Miriam Nobre. Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 11, No. 2, 2003.

Guest co-editor, “Dossiê Advocacy Feminista [Feminist Advocacy Dossier],” with Marlene Libardoni and Vera Soares.Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2000.

 

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

“Dislocating the Sign: Towards a Translocal Feminist Politics of Translation,” with Claudia de Lima Costa (lead author). Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society, fall 2014.

“Feminismos e Antirracismo: Entraves e Intersecções.  Uma Entrevista com a Ministra Luiza Bairros, Ministra da Secretaria de Políticas de Promoção da Igualdade Racial (Seppir)”

 [Feminisms and Anti-racism: Obstacles and Intersections: An Interview with Luiza Bairros, Minister for the Secretariat of Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality, Brazil].  Revista Estudos Feministas 20, 3 (Sept./Dec. 2012).

“Re-Visioning Latin American Studies,” with Arturo Arias and Charles R. Hale.  Cultural Anthropology, 26, 2 (May 2011): 225-246.

“Translocalidades: Por uma política feminista da tradução” [Translocalities: Towards a Feminist Politics of Translation], with Claudia de Lima Costa.  Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 17, No. 3, 2009.

“Constituindo uma Política Feminista Translocal de Tradução ” [Enacting a Translocal Feminist Politics of Translation],Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 17, No. 3, 2009.

“Beyond NGOization? Reflections on Latin America.”  Development 52, 2.  June 2009.

“Introdução: Um Outro Mundo [Também Feminista...] É Possível: Construindo Espaços Transnacionais e Alternativas Globais desde os Movimentos” [Introduction: Another World (also Feminist...) is Possible:  Movements Building Transnational Spaces and Global Alternatives],” Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 11, No. 2, 2003.

Encountering Latin American and Caribbean Feminisms,” Lead/coordinating author in collaborative article with Elisabeth Jay Friedman, Ericka Beckman, Maylei Blackwell, Norma Chinchilla, Nathalie Lebon, Marysa Navarro, and Marcela Ríos-Tobar.  Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society Vol. 28, No. 2 (Winter 2003).

“Os Movimentos Sociais, a Sociedade Civil e o 'Terceiro Setor' na América Latina: Reflexões Teóricas e Novas Perspectivas [Social Movements, Civil Society, and the 'Third Sector' in Latin America: Theoretical Reflections and New Perspectives],” with Evelina Dagnino.  Primeira Versão (Brazil), Unicamp-IFCH.  October 2001.

“Introdução: Dossiê Advocacy Feminista [Introduction: Feminist Advocacy Dossier],” with Marlene Libardoni and Vera Soares. Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2000.

“Translating the Global: Effects of Transnational Organizing on Latin American Feminist Discourses and Practices.”Meridians: A Journal of Feminisms, Race, Transnationalism, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2000.

“En Qué Estado está el Feminismo? Reflexiones Teóricas y Perspectivas Comparativas [What State Is Feminism In? Theoretical Reflections and Comparative Perspectives].” Estudios Latinoamericanos (México), vol. 12, 1999-2000.

“Advocating Feminism: The Latin American Feminist NGO 'Boom'.” International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1999.

“Feminismos Latinoamericanos [Latin American Feminisms].” Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), vol. 6, no. 2, 1998.

“Articulación y Transnacionalización de los Feminismos Latinoamericanos [The Articulation and Transnationalization of Latin American Feminisms].” Debate Feminista (México), Año 8, vol. 15, April 1997. 

“Feminisms in Latin America: from Bogota to San Bernardo,” with Nancy Saporta Sternbach, Patricia Chuchryk, and Marysa Navarro, Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 17, no. 2, Dec.1992-Feb. 1993.

“Women's Participation in the Brazilian 'People's Church': A Critical Appraisal,” Feminist Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, Summer 1990.

 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

“Ambivalent Engagements, Paradoxical Effects: Latin American Feminist and Women’s Movements and/in/against Development.”  In Sous le développement, le genre, edited by Isabelle Guérin, Hélène Guétat, and Christine Verschuur.  Paris: IRD, 2014.

Translation: Palgrave, forthcoming.

“Enacting a Feminist Politics of Translation.”  In Translocalities/Translocalidades: Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Claudia de Lima Costa, Verónica Feliu, Rebecca Hester, Norma Klahn, and Millie Thayer, with the assistance of Cruz C. Bueno.  Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014.

“Beyond the NGO Boom? Reflections from Latin America.”  In Theorizing NGOs: Feminist Struggles, States and Neoliberalism, edited by Victoria Bernal and Inderpal Grewal.  Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014.

“Globalised Localisms: The Travels and Translations of the World Social Forum Process”.  World Social Forum: Critical Explorations, edited by Jai Sen and Peter Waterman.  Volume 3–Challenging Empires series.  New Delhi : OpenWord Books, 2013.

“Los Viajes de los Feminismos hacia Otros Movimientos Sociales,” with Equipo ‘Sidestreaming Feminisms’.  In Movimientos Sociales: Entre la Crisis y Otros Saberes, edited by Gina Vargas, Raphael Hoetmer, and Mar Quintanilla.  Lima: Programa Democracia y Transformación Global; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2011.

“Disciplinamento ou radicalização dos feminismos no século XXI:  Experiências Latino-americana” [Disciplining or Radicalization of Feminisms in the 21st Century: Latin American Experiences]. In Actas Congresso Feminista 2008, edited by Maria José Magalhães.  Lisbon, Portugal, 2010.

“Repensando la Dimensión Política y Cultural desde los Movimientos Sociales Latinoamericanos: Algunas Aproximaciones Teóricas” [Rethinking the Cultural and the Poltical in Latin American Social Movements: Some Theoretical Reflections].  InRepensar la Política desde América Latina: Cultura, Estado y Movimientos Sociales, edited by Raphael Hoetmer.  Lima: Programa Democracia y Transformación Global; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2009.

“Afterword: The Politics of Place, the Place of Politics.”  In Women and the Politics of Place, edited by Wendy Harcourt and Arturo Escobar.  London: Kumarian Press, 2005. 

“Introduction: The Cultural and the Political in Latin American Social Movements,” with Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. In Cultures of Politics/Politics of Cultures: Re-visioning Latin American Social Movements, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.

“Latin American Feminisms 'Go Global': Trends of the 1990s, Challenges for the New Millennium.” In Cultures of Politics/Politics of Cultures: Re-visioning Latin American Social Movements, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.

“Reweaving the Fabric of Collective Action: Social Movements and Challenges to 'Actually Existing Democracy' in Brazil.” In Between Resistance and Revolution: Cultural Politics and Social Protest, edited by Richard Fox and Orin Starn. Rutgers, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997.

“Para uma 'Coreografia' Democrática: Cultura, Política e Cidadania [Towards a Democratic Coreography: Culture, Politics and Citizenship].” In Trabalho, Cultura e Cidadania: Um Balanço da História Social Brasileira, edited by Angela M. C. Araújo. São Paulo: Scritta, 1997.

“'Redrawing' the Parameters of Gender Struggle: Concluding Reflections.” In Emergences: Latin American: Women's Struggles for a Livelihood, edited by John Freidman, Rebecca Abers and Lilian Autler. Los Angeles: Center for Latin American Studies, 1996.

“The Trans/formation of Feminism(s) and Gender Politics in Democratizing Brazil.” In The Women's Movement in Latin America: Participation and Democracy, edited by Jane S. Jaquette. Revised, updated 2nd edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994.

“'Deepening Democracy'“: Social Movement Networks, Constitutional Reform, and Radical Urban Regimes in Brazil.” InMobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City, edited by Robert Fischer and Joseph Kling. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1993.

“Introduction: Theory and Protest in Latin America Today,” with Arturo Escobar. In The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy, and Democracy, edited by Arturo Escobar and Sonia E. Alvarez. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992.

“Conclusion-Social Movements in Contemporary Latin America: Theoretical and Political Horizons of Change,” with Arturo Escobar. In The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy and Democracy. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992.

“Contradictions of a 'Women's Space' within a Male-Dominant State: The Political Role of the Commissions on the Status of Women in Brazil.” In Women, International Development, and Politics: The Bureaucratic Mire, edited by Kathleen Staudt. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990; second edition, 1997.

“Women's Movements and Gender Politics in the Brazilian Transition.” In The Women's Movement in Latin America: Feminism and the Transition to Democracy, edited by Jane Jaquette. Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1989.

“Politicizing Gender and Engendering Democracy.” In Democratizing Brazil, edited by Alfred Stepan. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.