Overview

This pioneering ethnography looks at women and drinking in the Highland Chiapas, Mexico, community of San Pedro Chenalho to address the issues of women's identities, roles, relationships, and sources of power. In a new epilogue, the author describes how events of the last decade, including the Zapatista uprising, have strengthened women's resolve to gain greater control over their lives by controlling the effects of alcohol in the community.

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Author:   Christine Eber
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Edition:   Revised Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292721043

ISBN 10:   0292721048
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   01 November 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Major Characters Acknowledgments On Translations and Aids to Reading This Book Preface 1. Frameworks and Methods 2. The Time of Suffering: Pedranos, Ladinos, and Rum 3. I Have Come: Crazy February 4. Making One's Soul Arrive: Child Rearing and Household Relations 5. Before God's flowery face : The Feast of St. Peter 6. Now I am going like a branch and its leaves : Drinkers and Their Families 7. Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow: A Processual Framework on Drinking 8. Beneath God's flowery hands and feet : Shamans' Cures for Problem Drinking 9. It's time to change : Mestizoization and Drinking 10. For ye are bought with a price : Traditions, Religions, and Drinking 11. Today we say: Enough! : New Voices, New Collective Action 12. Conclusion List of the Martyrs at Acteal Epilogue Appendices A. Traditional Pedrano Gods B. Non-Traditional Healing in Chenalho C. Brief History of Presbyterianism in Chenalho D. Revelation 21:3-8 Notes Glossary References Index Index of Major Characters

Reviews

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 is a book worth reading... The book's informal tone and interesting topic make it appealing to a wide audience, including casual readers and undergraduate classes. Furthermore, Eber's cross-cultural insight into alcohol dependency is relevant not only for anthropologists but also for health care professionals and others who deal with substance abuse. --Latin American Indian Literatures Journal

<cite>Women and Alcohol is a book worth reading... The book's informal tone and interesting topic make it appealing to a wide audience, including casual readers and undergraduate classes. Furthermore, Eber's cross-cultural insight into alcohol dependency is relevant not only for anthropologists but also for health care professionals and others who deal with substance abuse. Latin American Indian Literatures Journal 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

Author Information

Christine Eber is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at New Mexico State University.

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