Edna Acosta-Belén is director of the Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) and professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Christine E. Bose is associate professor of sociology, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY.

• Acknowledgments -- Introduction /Edna Acosta-Belen and Christine E. Bose -- 1. Women in Latin America: Current Research Trends /Asuncion Lavrin -- 2. Gender and National Politics: Issues and Trends in Women's Participation in Latin American Movements /Norma Stoltz Chinchilla -- 3. Women in the Development Process in Latin America -- and the Caribbean /Edna Acosta-Belen and Christine E. Bose -- 4. Anthropological Research on Latin American Women: Past Trends and New Directions for the 1990s /Lynn Stephen -- 5. Research on Migration and Women in Latin America and the Caribbean /Elsa M. Chaney -- 6. Women's Writing in Latin America: Critical Trends and Priorities, Margarite Fernandez Olmos -- 7. Doing It for Themselves: Women's Research and Action in the Commonwealth Caribbean, A. Lynn Bolles -- 8. Defining a Common Ground: The Theoretical Meeting of Women's, Ethnic, and Area Studies, Edna Acosta-Belen -- About the Contributors -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Book and Editors.

Edna Acosta-Belén is director of the Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) and professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Christine E. Bose is associate professor of sociology, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY.

• Acknowledgments -- Introduction /Edna Acosta-Belen and Christine E. Bose -- 1. Women in Latin America: Current Research Trends /Asuncion Lavrin -- 2. Gender and National Politics: Issues and Trends in Women's Participation in Latin American Movements /Norma Stoltz Chinchilla -- 3. Women in the Development Process in Latin America -- and the Caribbean /Edna Acosta-Belen and Christine E. Bose -- 4. Anthropological Research on Latin American Women: Past Trends and New Directions for the 1990s /Lynn Stephen -- 5. Research on Migration and Women in Latin America and the Caribbean /Elsa M. Chaney -- 6. Women's Writing in Latin America: Critical Trends and Priorities, Margarite Fernandez Olmos -- 7. Doing It for Themselves: Women's Research and Action in the Commonwealth Caribbean, A. Lynn Bolles -- 8. Defining a Common Ground: The Theoretical Meeting of Women's, Ethnic, and Area Studies, Edna Acosta-Belen -- About the Contributors -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Book and Editors.

Edna Acosta-Belén is director of the Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) and professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Christine E. Bose is associate professor of sociology, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY.

• Acknowledgments -- Introduction /Edna Acosta-Belen and Christine E. Bose -- 1. Women in Latin America: Current Research Trends /Asuncion Lavrin -- 2. Gender and National Politics: Issues and Trends in Women's Participation in Latin American Movements /Norma Stoltz Chinchilla -- 3. Women in the Development Process in Latin America -- and the Caribbean /Edna Acosta-Belen and Christine E. Bose -- 4. Anthropological Research on Latin American Women: Past Trends and New Directions for the 1990s /Lynn Stephen -- 5. Research on Migration and Women in Latin America and the Caribbean /Elsa M. Chaney -- 6. Women's Writing in Latin America: Critical Trends and Priorities, Margarite Fernandez Olmos -- 7. Doing It for Themselves: Women's Research and Action in the Commonwealth Caribbean, A. Lynn Bolles -- 8. Defining a Common Ground: The Theoretical Meeting of Women's, Ethnic, and Area Studies, Edna Acosta-Belen -- About the Contributors -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Book and Editors.