The history of Latin American women has received increased attention from scholars over the years. The history of gender relations in the region has barely begun, however, and one could say the same of the historical study of prostitution and sexuality. This book is an imaginative contribution to the literature on these topics.

Donna J. Guy, a professor of history at the University of Arizona, is the author of Argentine Sugar Politics: Tucuman and the Generation of Eighty (1980).