The dossier “Artists, Work and Gender in Latin America” arose from the aspiration, shared by its coordinators, to track and bring together research shared by its coordinators, to track down and bring  together research in the region linking these three conceptual universes, so complex in themselves
three conceptual universes that are so complex in themselves, but whose connections are attracting increasing attention. Increasingly attracting more and more attention. Indeed, the analysis of artists as labour subjects, as well as the articulation of their demands of the and the articulation of their demands in conjunction with gender claims, are themes that are firmly advancing towards the
are steadily advancing towards the constitution of an authentic, autonomous field of research:
interdisciplinary studies on artistic work.

The nine articles that make up the publication bring together researchers from Montevideo, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Córdoba (Argentina). They discuss the precariousness of artistic work, the presence and involvement of women and dissidents under different of women and dissidence under different actions and in different genres, such as carnival,
tango, etc. These new perspectives take up trajectories and knowledge, in some cases of long  tanding, and others show the changes that culture and, in particular, artistic work, are undergoing in the new century, artistic work in particular.

Autora: María Esther (Mary) Porto Casas Título: Mirarte Acrílico sobre tela, 70 x 50, (2018)