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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456081803321

Autore

Finkler Kaja

Titolo

Women in Pain : Gender and Morbidity in Mexico / / Kaja Finkler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]

©1994

ISBN

1-283-21091-6

9786613210913

0-8122-0043-8

0-585-12672-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages)

Disciplina

614.4/272/082

Soggetti

Women - Health and hygiene - Mexico

Women - Health and hygiene - Social aspects - Mexico

Sex role - Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Nature of Sickness -- 3. The Nature of Gender -- 4. Gender and the Nature of Sickness -- 5. Gender, Culture, and Society in Mexico -- 6. An Aggregate Profile of a Sick Population of Women -- 7. Margarita: A Woman in Search of Individuation -- 8. Alicia: A Mother and a Mistress -- 9. Julia: A Drunken Husband -- 10. Rebecca: A Woman on the Verge of Disintegration -- 11. Juana: In Search of Dignity Amid a Garbage Dump -- 12. Carlota: From Proletarian to Housewife -- 13. Josefina: "All My Life I Worked Very Hard" -- 14. Susana: A Woman Who Ventured into the Public Domain -- 15. Norma: "1 Have Found God" -- 16. Maria: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire -- 17. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Spanish Words and Phrases -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Kaja Finkler explores the relationship between patterns of social interaction, cultural expectations, and gender ideologies. In Women in Pain, she examines the nature of sickness and its interaction with issues about gender and gender relations from both a historical and contemporary perspective.