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

• Autore: Finkler Kaja
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]; ©1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages)
• Disciplina: 614.4/272/082
• Soggetto topico: Women - Health and hygiene - Mexico; Women - Health and hygiene - Social aspects - Mexico; Sex role - Mexico
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women in Pain
• ISBN: 1-283-21091-6; 9786613210913; 0-8122-0043-8; 0-585-12672-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456081803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II