TY  - BOOK
AU  - McClusky, Laura J.
TI  - Here our culture is hard: stories of domestic violence from a Mayan community in Belize
T2  - Louann Atkins Temple women and culture series
SN  - 0292752490
U1  - 362.8292 HER 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Austin, TX
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - FVC
KW  - ABUSED WOMEN
KW  - CULTURAL ISSUES
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - BELIZE
N2  - 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
ER  -