Corporeal Dimensions of Gender Violence: Ladina’s Self and Body in Eastern Guatemala
Based on 30 in-depth interviews with Ladina women and field work conducted in a rural town in eastern Guatemala, I examine the physical expressions that violence can take on the women's bodies, such as common physical ailments that result from emotional distress as well as sicknesses that are c...
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| Language: | English |
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Brock University
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Studies in Social Justice |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/SSJ/article/view/666 |