Belize Trips :: "Here, Our Culture Is Hard": Stories of Domestic Violence from a Mayan Community in Belize (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series)

Belize Trips - "Here, Our Culture Is Hard": Stories of Domestic Violence from a Mayan Community in Belize (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series)

Manufacturer: University of Texas Press

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.8292097282
EAN: 9780292752481
ISBN: 0292752482
Label: University of Texas Press
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2001-08-15
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Studio: University of Texas Press

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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 dehumanised theoretical models, helps to keep the focus on people, "rehumanising" 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. Laura J. McClusky, Ph.D., is an adjunct faculty member at SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo State College, and Erie Community College.

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