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Zusatztext “[Menjivar] carefully reveals how eastern Guatemalans endure a habitus of violence and “misrecognize” that socially patterned violence, blaming themselves or others for enduring fundamental, violent, gender inequality.” Informationen zum Autor Cecilia Menjívar is Professor and Dorothy L. Meier Social Equities Chair in the Department of Sociology at UCLA. She is the author of Fragmented Ties: Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in America (UC Press)! among other books. Menjivar won the Julian Samora Distinguished Career Award from the Latino/a Sociology section of the American Sociological Association. Klappentext 97378750 "This study is rich... Makes an important contribution."--The Americas Zusammenfassung Investigates the role that violence plays in the lives of Ladina women in eastern Guatemala. This title provides a glimpse into the root causes of the feminicide in Guatemala, as well as in other Latin American countries, and offers observations relevant for understanding violence against women around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. Approaching Violence in Eastern Guatemala 2. A Framework for Examining Violence 3. Corporeal Dimensions of Gender Violence: Woman's Self and Body 4. Marital Unions and the Normalization of Suffering 5. Children! Motherhood! and the Routinization of Pain and Sacrifice 6. Women's Work: Normalizing and Sustaining Gender Inequality 7. Church! Religion! and Enduring Everyday Violence 8. Enduring Violence Notes References Index
