"Pathbreaking in its use of gender analysis to illuminate agrarian reform and the Allende era, including women's work, sexuality as a terrain of contest and the role of masculinity in rural social movements and politics. Tinsman opens up a new dimension."--Peter Winn, Tufts University

Maps and Tables ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Abbreviations xix
Introduction 1
1. Patron and Peon: Labor and Authority on the Great Estates 19
2. Binding Ties: Campesino Sexuality and Family Negotiations 55
3. Making Men: Labor Mobilization and Agrarian Reform 82
4. Promoting Gender Mutualism: Rural Education, Mothers’ Centers, and Family Planning 128
5. Struggling for Land: Worker Bosses and Campesina Militants 171
6. Revolutionizing Women: Popular Unity and Female Mobilization 209
7. Coming Apart: Struggle, Sex, and Social Crisis 247
Epilogue: 1973-1988 288
Notes 297
Selected Bibliography 347
Index 361