Negotiating Love in Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: The role of love in the reproduction of gender asymmetry - Paperback
by Turid Hagene
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Availability:In StockContributor:Claudio Canaparo, Turid HageneSeries:Hispanic Studies: Culture and IdeasTheme:Cultural Region/Latin America, Interdisciplinary Studies/Women's Studies, Sex & Gender/FemininePublish date:1/25/2008Pages:348
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic PublisISBN-13:9783039110117ISBN-10:303911011XUPC:9783039110117Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Latin AmericaBook Topic:Spanish & PortugueseSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.468Product ID:SCQVDC2967
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 of love and sexuality; some of the men and women, however, negotiate subtle changes in gender norms and values.
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 of love and sexuality; some of the men and women, however, negotiate subtle changes in gender norms and values.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic PublisISBN-13:9783039110117ISBN-10:303911011XUPC:9783039110117Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Latin AmericaBook Topic:Spanish & PortugueseSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.468Product ID:SCQVDC2967
The Author: Turid Hagene is associate professor working on Latin American contemporary history, gender issues and democracy and participation at the Center for Multicultural and International Studies, Oslo University College. She was educated at the University of Oslo, University of Stockholm, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where she has also been a visiting researcher. She has worked in international cooperation in Uganda and Nicaragua.
Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
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