With a wealth of materials and ideas from across a range of Hispanic nations, this collection of 14 essays proves there is greater pursuit of feminist philosophy than perhaps even its practitioners thought, as well as a greater willingness to examine viewpoints from diverse groups of women. Topics here include the rise of feminist movements in Mexico from small consciousness-raising groups to transnational networks, Cuban women and their philosophies in the past and present, Latin American feminist philosophy as expressed in early twentieth-century Uruguay and in the gender strategies of contemporary high school students there, multiple feminisms and the challenges they create, women's history, the effects of patriarchy, the complex interplay postmodernism and feminist utopias, the traffic in gender in the Americas, sexuality within philosophy and politics, and the ethics of pleasure. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)