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Education
Ph.D., New York University, 1988
Fields of Interest
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin America, with special interest in the social history of family, women and children; modernity; working class history; and intellectual movements
Academic Profile
Professor Levenson is currently writing on youth in contemporary Guatemala City. She is an active member of the Central American research center, Asociacion para el Avance de las Ciencias Sociales, the Latin American Scholars Association, and the Association of Central American Historians. She is also a recipient of fellowships from Fulbright, the Social Science Council, and the Bunting Institute. She teaches modern Latin American history, including courses on urban history, gender, social movements, Central America, Brazil, and the social construction of Latin America.
Representative Publications
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Hacer la Juventud: Tres generaciones de una familia urbana (2004)
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"The Life That Makes Us Die/The Death That Makes Us Live," Radical History Review (2003)
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Trade Unionists Against Terror, Guatemala City, 1954-1984 (1994)
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"An Anguished World of Teenagers" in International Labor and Working Class History (1991)
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"Las Maras; violencia juvenil de masas" POLEMICA (1989)
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Por Si Mismos: Un estudio preliminar de las maras en la Ciudad de Guatemala, AVANCSSO, Guatemala (1988)
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Guatemala in Rebellion: Unfinished History (co-editor, 1983)