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Women's Participation in Argentina's Picketing Movement

Accomplishments and Limitations in the Redefinition of Feminine Roles

Ada Cora Freytes Frey is a PhD student at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and teaches Sociology at Salvador University and the University of Lan�s, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a researcher of ‘Identity and Representation’, at Centro de Estudios Laborales (CEILPIETTE) – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her areas of interest are: subjectivity, social movements, gender, youth and education. Address: Av. San Juan 2831 – (1232) Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. [email: afreytes{at}sion.com]

Karina Crivelli

Karina Crivelli is a Master 2 student at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France. Her research includes study of low-income families, unemployed workers’ movements and factory take-overs by employees in Argentina. Address: Sánchez Bustamente 810 – 1o "6", Cädigo Postal (C1173ABP) Ciudad Autänoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. [email: karinacrivelli{at}ciudad.com.ar]

Based on case study analysis of four picketing organizations in Argentina, this article analyzes the impact of women's participation in the picketing movements, on the ways in which women think about themselves and the social roles they claim. Women's initial involvement in the picketing movements was tied closely to their performance of the traditional roles of mother and wife. Over time, and as a result of women's social participation, these roles acquired new meaning. Women began to reject certain stereotypes linked to the feminine, and to challenge some aspects of the gendered division of tasks and responsibilities. Redefinition of feminine roles, however, has limitations, which are evident through analysis of the unequal participation of women in the movements’ leadership.

Key Words: women's political and social participation • gender roles • social movements • subjectivity • women's leadership

Journal of Developing Societies, Vol. 23, No. 1-2, 243-258 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0169796X0602300214


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