Contesting Eurocentrism: placing Latin American antifascism(s) on the map

Abstract

ABSTRACT Works on antifascism in Latin America tend to be scattered, narrowly focused on national milieus and virtually unknown to researchers in other countries. Women’s activism, antifascist masculinities and antifascist views of race have received relatively little attention. Including writings on Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Uruguay, this dossier aims to establish Latin American antifascisms as a field of study. The individuals and groups studied by the contributors varied according to their conceptions and adaptations of antifascism, as well as their purposes in deploying it. The different varieties of antifascism in Latin America were neither rigid nor static; they were inextricably related to the historical periods and national circumstances in which they were defined. The networks in which antifascist groups operated and helped create illuminate the linkages and interactions across local, national and transnational contexts.