Here, Our Culture Is Hard : Stories of Domestic Violence from a Mayan Community in Belize / Laura McClusky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClusky, Laura, author.

Series:

Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maya women--Belize--San Antonio--Social conditions.

Maya women.

Abused wives--Belize--San Antonio.

Abused wives.

Family violence--Belize--San Antonio.

Family violence.

Maya women--Belize--San Antonio--Psychology.

Maya women--Crimes against--Belize--San Antonio.

Maya women--Social conditions.

San Antonio (Belize)--Social conditions.

San Antonio (Belize).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2001]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Marriage among the Maya of Central America is a model of complementarity between a man and a woman. This union demands mutual respect and mutual service. Yet some husbands beat their wives. In this pioneering book, Laura McClusky examines the lives of several Mopan Maya women in Belize. Using engaging ethnographic narratives and a highly accessible analysis of the lives that have unfolded before her, McClusky explores Mayan women's strategies for enduring, escaping, and avoiding abuse. Factors such as gender, age inequalities, marriage patterns, family structure, educational opportunities, and economic development all play a role in either preventing or contributing to domestic violence in the village. McClusky argues that using narrative ethnography, instead of cold statistics or dehumanized theoretical models, helps to keep the focus on people, "rehumanizing" our understanding of violence. This highly accessible book brings to the social sciences new ways of thinking about, representing, and studying abuse, marriage, death, gender roles, and violence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Field Site and Fieldwork

2. Laziness and Work

3. Another Legitimate Beating

4. Daughters

5. "When We Go to High School, We Change"

6. Traveling Spirits

Summary and Discussion

Epilogue: Milling Data

Appendix: List of Main Characters

Notes

Glossary

References Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780292758087

0292758081

OCLC:

1393309358