Women and Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow

Name: Women and Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow
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ISBN: 9780292721043

ISBN-10: 0292721048

ISBN-13: 9780292721043

Edition: 2nd 1995 (Revised)

Authors: Christine Eber

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"In this well-written ethnography, Christine Eber weaves together the critical issues of gender relations, religious change, domestic violence, and drinking in highland Chiapas.... This is a fine ethnography that is a must-read for all interested in gender relations in contemporary Latin America. It is also one of the best current discussions on the little-studied phenomenon of religious change in Mexico.... Eber also provides a wonderful model of how to write a readable ethnography that treats its subjects with dignity and respect and honestly integrates the trials and tribulations of the ethnographer in the process." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute " Women and Alcohol…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 11/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 5.90" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Major Characters


Acknowledgments


On Translations and Aids to Reading This Book


Preface



Frameworks and Methods



The Time of Suffering: Pedranos, Ladinos, and Rum



I Have Come: Crazy February



Making One's Soul Arrive: Child Rearing and Household Relations



"Before God's flowery face": The Feast of St. Peter



"Now I am going like a branch and its leaves": Drinkers and Their Families



Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow: A Processual Framework on Drinking



"Beneath God's flowery hands and feet": Shamans' Cures for Problem Drinking



"It's time to change": Mestizoization and Drinking



"For ye are bought with a price": Traditions, Religions, and Drinking



"Today we say: Enough!": New Voices, New Collective Action



Conclusion


List of the Martyrs at Acteal


Epilogue


Appendices



Traditional Pedrano Gods



Non-Traditional Healing in Chenalho



Brief History of Presbyterianism in Chenalho



Revelation 21:3-8


Notes


Glossary


References


Index


Index of Major Characters