Women of Belize : gender and change in Central America /
Irma McClaurin.
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1996.
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-213) and index.
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."
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.
English.
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Women--Social conditions.--Belize SOCIAL SCIENCE--Women's Studies. Women--Social conditions. Gender Studies & Sexuality. Gender & Ethnic Studies. Social Sciences.