Here our culture is hard : stories of domestic violence from a Mayan community in Belize
McClusky, Laura J.
Here our culture is hard : stories of domestic violence from a Mayan community in Belize McClusky, Laura J. - Austin, TX University of Texas Press 2001 - 310 p. - Louann Atkins Temple women and culture series .
Examines the lives of several Mopan Maya women in Belize. Using ethnographic narratives the author 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 contibuting to domestic veiolence in the village. The author 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.
0292752490
ABUSED WOMEN
CULTURAL ISSUES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
BELIZE
362.8292 HER
Here our culture is hard : stories of domestic violence from a Mayan community in Belize McClusky, Laura J. - Austin, TX University of Texas Press 2001 - 310 p. - Louann Atkins Temple women and culture series .
Examines the lives of several Mopan Maya women in Belize. Using ethnographic narratives the author 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 contibuting to domestic veiolence in the village. The author 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.
0292752490
ABUSED WOMEN
CULTURAL ISSUES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
BELIZE
362.8292 HER