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Women of Belize : gender and change in Central America / Irma McClaurin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1996.Description: 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585024383
  • 9780585024387
  • 0813560403
  • 9780813560403
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women of Belize.DDC classification:
  • 305.4/097282 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ1470.5 .M33 1996eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Women of Belize -- So where the hell is Belize? -- From the marketplace to lemongrass -- Rose's story (Garifuna) -- To be a girl: gender-role enculturation -- Zola's story (East Indian) -- Women's subordination in modern Belize -- Evelyn's story (Creole) -- The quest for female autonomy: women's groups in Belize -- "Dis heah time no stand like befo' time."
Subject: This book is about the women of Belize, Central America, and how a few of them are working to change the gender rules, ideas, attitudes, and behaviors that govern the meaning of what is to be a woman in their communities and country. Others, at a different stage, are in the process of figuring out how to do the same. Everyday around the world, in India, Africa, Latin America, Europe and the United States, women confront the power and control of gender. They face personal and social constraints that are generally communicated through words, cultural symbols and practices, individual deeds, and institutional policies. In response, some women have moved to set limits to the degree to which these cultural elements determine their lives.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-213) and index.

This book is about the women of Belize, Central America, and how a few of them are working to change the gender rules, ideas, attitudes, and behaviors that govern the meaning of what is to be a woman in their communities and country. Others, at a different stage, are in the process of figuring out how to do the same. Everyday around the world, in India, Africa, Latin America, Europe and the United States, women confront the power and control of gender. They face personal and social constraints that are generally communicated through words, cultural symbols and practices, individual deeds, and institutional policies. In response, some women have moved to set limits to the degree to which these cultural elements determine their lives.

Women of Belize -- So where the hell is Belize? -- From the marketplace to lemongrass -- Rose's story (Garifuna) -- To be a girl: gender-role enculturation -- Zola's story (East Indian) -- Women's subordination in modern Belize -- Evelyn's story (Creole) -- The quest for female autonomy: women's groups in Belize -- "Dis heah time no stand like befo' time."

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English.

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