Negotiating Love in Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua - The role of love in the reproduction of gender asymmetry (Paperback, New edition)

This book explores the issue of love and its place in the reproduction of gender asymmetry in Nicaragua. The theme is discussed in the context of specific religious and work practices, living arrangements, gender values and norms, and the gender practices and legislation of the Sandinista revolution. The study uses lifeworld phenomenology as its theoretical approach, placing people's own experience center stage. Therefore, a case study of the Esperanza sewing cooperative is presented, built on life stories, interview materials and participant observation with the cooperative women and their husbands. The material and discursive practices and emotional experiences of men and women are examined in this particular socio-cultural setting. How do we account for the highly unequal bargains the women strike with their husbands, accepting large material responsibilities and «time-share love even if they experience this as emotionally hurtful? The study testifies to women's autonomy in family maintenance and religious practices, an autonomy which seems to falter in the fields oflove and sexuality; some of the men and women, however, negotiate subtle changes in gender norms and values.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas, 15
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Turid Hagene
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	348
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911011-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > History of other lands Promotions
LSN:	3-03-911011-X
Barcode:	9783039110117

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