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...
Main Author: | Cecilia Menjívar |
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Format: | Article |
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 |
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