With our heads bowed
Subtitle: the dynamics of gender in a Maya community
By: Brenda Rosenbaum.
Series: Studies on culture and society ;; v. 5
Publisher: Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York; Distributed by University of Texas Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y; Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Tzotzil women.; Maya women.; Sex role -- Mexico -- Chamula.; Chamula (Mexico) -- Social life and customs.
Other titles: Dynamics of gender in a Maya community.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University at Albany, State University of New York, 1987).
Table of contents: title: Women and gender in Chamula: a general framework; title: San Juan Chamula: community, historical setting, and ethnicity; title: From birth to maturity: women and men through the life cycle; title: In our ancestors' words: women and men in Chamula oral narratives; title: The other eye, the other side of one's face: courtship and marriage; title: The struggle for life; title: The quest for prestige and power; title: The dynamics of gender interaction.