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Latina/O Sociology Ser.: Family Secrets : Stories of Incest and Sexual Violence in Mexico by Gloria González-López (2015, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherNew York University Press

ISBN-101479869139

ISBN-139781479869138

eBay Product ID (ePID)211919150

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFamily Secrets : Stories of Incest and Sexual Violence in Mexico

SubjectLatin America / Mexico, Abuse / General, Sociology / Marriage & Family, Criminology, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Psychology, History

AuthorGloria González-López

SeriesLatina/O Sociology Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17.5 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-021285

Reviews"I have never read a more powerful, highly original, sophisticated, and brave book as Family Secrets. It is an absolutely wonderful and truly riveting ethnographic study that will forever change the way look at gender and sexuality among Mexican-origin populations. Written with enormous compassion and intelligence, it is destined to become the most highly-acclaimed and path-breaking contribution to Latino/a sexuality research to date."-Tomas Almaguer,author of Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California, "Family Secrets resonates with authenticity, and makes us look deep within ourselves and our sanitized domestic histories to recover the forgotten whispers about 'black sheep' that lurk in the recesses of memory in virtually every family, everywhere." - New York Journal of Books, I have never read a more powerful, highly original, sophisticated, and brave book as Family Secrets. It is an absolutely wonderful and truly riveting ethnographic study that will forever change the way look at gender and sexuality among Mexican-origin populations. Written with enormous compassion and intelligence, it is destined to become the most highly-acclaimed and path-breaking contribution to Latino/a sexuality research to date., "Groundbreaking and revealing, this book offers a critical feministexamination of the social and cultural mechanisms that create the causes andconditions of incest and sexual violence in the family, complex realitiesexisting in Mexican society. Besides unmasking a patriarchal taboo andanalyzing it in depth, this moving, incisive, and thought-provoking book bringsto light the human resiliency, puts forward the possibility of renewed socialcontracts and laws promoting the integrity, dignity, freedom, and safety ofwomen, girls and boys, and other populations at risk, and calls for the defenseand respect of their most basic human rights."-Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos,author of Los cautiverios de las mujeres: madresposas, monjas, putas, presas y locas, Apowerfully thought-provoking and courageous work that carries reverberations for understanding how incest and sexual violence within the family impact greater community and societal violence. After reading this work, the reader will never be the same., "A sensitive,ethical, humane, yet deeply sociological and intellectually robust analysis ofa very delicate subject matter. Gloria Gonzlez-Lpez criticizes, debunks,sheds new light, and does so with an immense humanity. Her approach has truepotential for bringing attention to this issue with an eye for real change."-Cecilia Menjvar,author of Enduring Violence: Ladina Women's Lives in Guatemala, A sensitive, ethical, humane, yet deeply sociological and intellectually robust analysis of a very delicate subject matter. Gloria González-López criticizes, debunks, sheds new light, and does so with an immense humanity. Her approach has true potential for bringing attention to this issue with an eye for real change., "A sensitive,ethical, humane, yet deeply sociological and intellectually robust analysis ofa very delicate subject matter. Gloria González-López criticizes, debunks,sheds new light, and does so with an immense humanity. Her approach has truepotential for bringing attention to this issue with an eye for real change."-Cecilia Menjívar,author of Enduring Violence: Ladina Women's Lives in Guatemala, Family Secretsresonates with authenticity, and makes us look deep within ourselves and our sanitized domestic histories to recover the forgotten whispers about & black sheep that lurk in the recesses of memory in virtually every family, everywhere., "Groundbreaking and revealing, this book offers a critical feministexamination of the social and cultural mechanisms that create the causes andconditions of incest and sexual violence in the family, complex realitiesexisting in Mexican society. Besides unmasking a patriarchal taboo andanalyzing it in depth, this moving, incisive, and thought-provoking book bringsto light the human resiliency, puts forward the possibility of renewed socialcontracts and laws promoting the integrity, dignity, freedom, and safety ofwomen, girls and boys, and other populations at risk, and calls for the defenseand respect of their most basic human rights."-Marcela Lagarde y de los Ros,author of Los cautiverios de las mujeres: madresposas, monjas, putas, presas y locas, Groundbreaking and revealing, this book offers a critical feminist examination of the social and cultural mechanisms that create the causes and conditions of incest and sexual violence in the family, complex realities existing in Mexican society. Besides unmasking a patriarchal taboo and analyzing it in depth, this moving, incisive, and thought-provoking book brings to light the human resiliency, puts forward the possibility of renewed social contracts and laws promoting the integrity, dignity, freedom, and safety of women, girls and boys, and other populations at risk, and calls for the defense and respect of their most basic human rights.

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number1

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal364.15/30972

Table Of Contentix Contents Acknowledgments / Con profunda gratitud xi 1. En familia: Sex, Incest, and Violence in Mexican Families 1 2. Conjugal Daughters and Marital Servants: The Sexual Functions of Daughters in Incestuous Families 31 3. A la prima se le arrima: Sisters and Primas 76 4. Nieces and Their Uncles 125 5. Men's Life Stories 180 6. Toward a Feminist Sociology of Incest in Mexico 232 Appendix A. Study Participants 263 Appendix B. Methodological Considerations 267 Appendix C. Incest in 32 Mexican State Penal Codes 271 Appendix D. Uncle-Niece Cases 273 Notes 275 References 301 Index 313 About the Author 321

Synopsis"My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them," confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood ......, "My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them," confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria Gonz lez-L pez tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make themselves sexually available to men and where same-sex experiences for both men and women bring great shame, incest is easily hidden, seldom discussed, and rarely reported to authorities. Through gripping, emotional narrative, Gonz lez-L pez brings the deeply troubling, hidden, and unspoken issues of incest and sexual violence in Mexican families to light. Gonz lez-L pez contends that family and cultural structures in Mexican life enable incest and the culture of silence that surrounds it. She examines the strong bonds of familial obligation between parents and children, brothers and sisters, and elders and youth that, in the case of incest, can morph into sexual obligation; the codes of honor and shame reinforced by tradition and the Church, discouraging openness about sexual violence and trauma; the double standards of morality and stereotypes about sexuality that leave girls and women and gender nonconforming boys and men especially vulnerable to sexual abuse. Together, these cultural factors create a perfect storm for generations upon generations of unspoken incest, a cycle that takes great courage and strength to heal from and overcome. A riveting account, Family Secrets turns a feminist and sociological lens on a disturbing trend that has gone unnoticed for far too long., "My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them," confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria González-López tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make themselves sexually available to men and where same-sex experiences for both men and women bring great shame, incest is easily hidden, seldom discussed, and rarely reported to authorities. Through gripping, emotional narrative, González-López brings the deeply troubling, hidden, and unspoken issues of incest and sexual violence in Mexican families to light. González-López contends that family and cultural structures in Mexican life enable incest and the culture of silence that surrounds it. She examines the strong bonds of familial obligation between parents and children, brothers and sisters, and elders and youth that, in the case of incest, can morph into sexual obligation; the codes of honor and shame reinforced by tradition and the Church, discouraging openness about sexual violence and trauma; the double standards of morality and stereotypes about sexuality that leave girls and women and gender nonconforming boys and men especially vulnerable to sexual abuse. Together, these cultural factors create a perfect storm for generations upon generations of unspoken incest, a cycle that takes great courage and strength to heal from and overcome. A riveting account, Family Secrets turns a feminist and sociological lens on a disturbing trend that has gone unnoticed for far too long., "My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them," confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make themselves sexually available to men and where same-sex experiences for both men and women bring great shame, incest is easily hidden, seldom discussed, and rarely reported to authorities. Through gripping, emotional narrative, Gonzalez-Lopez brings the deeply troubling, hidden, and unspoken issues of incest and sexual violence in Mexican families to light. Gonzalez-Lopez contends that family and cultural structures in Mexican life enable incest and the culture of silence that surrounds it. She examines the strong bonds of familial obligation between parents and children, brothers and sisters, and elders and youth that, in the case of incest, can morph into sexual obligation; the codes of honor and shame reinforced by tradition and the Church, discouraging openness about sexual violence and trauma; the double standards of morality and stereotypes about sexuality that leave girls and women and gender nonconforming boys and men especially vulnerable to sexual abuse. Together, these cultural factors create a perfect storm for generations upon generations of unspoken incest, a cycle that takes great courage and strength to heal from and overcome. A riveting account, Family Secrets turns a feminist and sociological lens on a disturbing trend that has gone unnoticed for far too long.

LC Classification NumberHV6570.9.M4G66 2015