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Working hard, drinking hard : on violence and survival in Honduras /

"Honduras is violent." Adrienne Pine situates this oft-repeated claim at the center of her vivid and nuanced chronicle of Honduran subjectivity. Through an examination of three major subject areas--violence, alcohol, and the export-processing (maquiladora) industry--Pine explores the daily...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pine, Adrienne, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Honduras is violent." Adrienne Pine situates this oft-repeated claim at the center of her vivid and nuanced chronicle of Honduran subjectivity. Through an examination of three major subject areas--violence, alcohol, and the export-processing (maquiladora) industry--Pine explores the daily relationships and routines of urban Hondurans. She views their lives in the context of the vast economic footprint on and ideological domination of the region by the United States, powerfully elucidating the extent of Honduras's dependence. She provides a historically situated ethnographic analysis of this fra.
Notas:Title from e-book title screen (viewed Dec. 21, 2009).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0520255445
0520255437
9780520255432
9780520255449
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9781282360532
0520941624
9780520941625
9786612360534
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