Hector Gabriel

• National Polytechnic Institute

This article seeks to show how the social representations and stereotypes of Latin-American women, evident in the webpages of transnational marriage agencies, affect the construction of subjectivity of the female users of these sites. For this purpose, the text explores the relationships between gender, race and “Latin-Americanity” representations...

This article examinesthe impact of the economic crisis of the instituto materno infantil, colombia, on patients and workers. Families comment on the quality and warmth of health care provided; however, healthcare workers act as buffers protecting patients from the full impact of the crisis. in addition, delays in workers' payments have worsened the...

This article seeks to show how the social representations and stereotypes of Latin-American women, evident in the webpages of transnational marriage agencies, affect the construction of subjectivity of the female users of these sites. For this purpose, the text explores the relationships between gender, race and ¿Latin-Americanity¿ representations...