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Explores mamitis (mommy-itis), a pediatric folk illness that occurs when children are separated from their mothers for too long a period of time, drawing on 1992-1995 ethnographic fieldwork in the working-class neighborhood of Colonia Santo Domingo in Mexico City. In addition to participant observation, formal & informal interviews were conducted with parents of various ages. Although mamitis is often referred to in a joking manner, it sheds light on a dilemma created by mothers working outside the home, while their "macho" husbands stay home to care for the young children. How women's outside employment & involvement in community social movements have transformed meanings associated with mothering & fathering are discussed. It is contended that mamitis, which is on the rise in Mexico City, is a psychological trauma generated by gender inversions, as well as by socioeconomic conditions & social change. Men emphasize it as a way to resist co-optation & to masculinize their nurturing roles. Spousal/child abuse & paternal family abandonment are addressed. 40 References. J. Lindroth

Anthropology has always involved men talking to men about men, yet until fairly recently very few within the discipline had truly examined men as men. This chapter explores how anthropologists understand, utilize, and debate the category of masculinity by reviewing recent examinations of men as engendered and engendering subjects. Beginning with descriptions of four distinct ways in which masculinity is defined and treated in anthropology, special attention is paid to the relations of difference, inequality, and women to the anthropological study of masculinities, including the awkward avoidance of feminist theory on the part of many anthropologists who study manhood. Specific topics discussed include the diverse cultural economies of masculinity, the notion of cultural regions in relation to images of manhood, male friendship, machismo, masculine embodiment, violence, power, and sexual faultlines.

In the context of new world orders threatening from above and new popular struggles breaking out from below, description and analysis of mass protest in Latin America is confronted with the need for comprehensive theories of social conflict. To account for these developments among the subaltern classes, Latin Americanists are increasingly turning to the views of James C. Scott regarding "everyday forms of resistance". In this paper the author attempts to demonstrate that important aspects of his model hinder the efforts to understand and develop theories of conflict in Latin America

"Latin America has a unique historical and cultural context, is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico, and is tied to world regions including China, India, and Africa. Global Latin America considers this regional interconnectedness and examines its meaning and impact in a global world. Its innovative essays, interviews, and stories highlight the insights of public intellectuals, political leaders, artists, academics, and activists, thereby allowing students to gain an appreciation of the diversity and global relevance of Latin America in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher

Breaking Ranks brings a new and deeply personal perspective to the war in Iraq by looking into the lives of six veterans who turned against the war they helped to fight. Based on extensive interviews with each of the six, the book relates why they enlisted, their experiences in training and in early missions, their tours of combat, and what has happened to them since returning home. The compelling stories of this diverse cross section of the military recount how each journey to Iraq began with the sincere desire to do good. Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Anne Lutz show how each individual's experiences led to new moral and political understandings and ultimately to opposing the war.

Insofar as gender is still so often equated with women alone, the move from Women in Development to Gender in Development has changed very little. Men as a human category have always been present, involved, consulted, obeyed and disobeyed in development work. Yet men as a gendered category in a feminist sense - involving unequal power relations between men and women and between men - have rarely been drawn into development programmes in any substantial way. This paper addresses conceptual and operational obstacles to men's involvement in gender and development, drawing on interviews with over 40 representatives of development organizations in Britain and the USA in 1999.