Working hard, drinking hard : on violence and survival in Honduras / Adrienne Pine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pine, Adrienne, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Honduras.

Violence.

Alcoholism--Honduras.

Alcoholism.

Offshore assembly industry--Honduras.

Offshore assembly industry.

Honduras--Social conditions.

Honduras.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Honduras is violent." Adrienne Pine situates this oft-repeated claim at the center of her vivid and nuanced chronicle of Honduran subjectivity. Through an examination of three major subject areas-violence, alcohol, and the export-processing (maquiladora) industry-Pine explores the daily relationships and routines of urban Hondurans. She views their lives in the context of the vast economic footprint on and ideological domination of the region by the United States, powerfully elucidating the extent of Honduras's dependence. She provides a historically situated ethnographic analysis of this fraught relationship and the effect it has had on Hondurans' understanding of who they are. The result is a rich and visceral portrait of a culture buffeted by the forces of globalization and inequality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Violence

2. Alcohol

3. Maquiladoras

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index.

ISBN:

9786612360534

9781282360532

1282360531

9780520941625

0520941624

OCLC:

763156522