Laura Hobson Herlihy
Biographic Data
| ID | 87531 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Hobson Herlihy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura Hobson |
| FAMILY NAME | Herlihy |
| SIGNATURE | HERLIHY L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The discourse of romantic love on the Miskito Coast
This Article examines the sentiment of love among the indigenous Miskitu people along along the Honduran and Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast. Miskitu women historically have held high positions of power in their matrilocal society. Since the lobster-diving industry began in the 1970s, however, gender and power relations have shifted, rendering women more dependent on men who earn wages. Women's loss of power is not only due to the economic changes, bu…
Fighting Tradition: Changing norms of gender violence in Miskitu society
This article concerns gender violence against indigenous Miskitu women in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) by examining how violence toward RAAN women is linked not only to culturally-based perceptions of love and marriage, but also to disruptive gender relations caused by neoliberal economic policies of the state and the lack of justice accessible to women through Nicaraguan customary law (derecho indígena o consuetudinario). …
Dissident Women: Gender and Cultural Politics in Chiapas by Shannon Speed, R. Aída Hernández de Castillo, and Lynn M. Stephen, eds
Indigenous Masculinities in the Global Lobster Economy
Indigenous Miskitu men have worked as deep-water divers in the international lobster economy for the last forty years.Because of the long-term "boom" in the lobster economy, Miskitu society has become increasingly involved with monetized economies, agriculture has declined, and families now purchase their subsistence foods from stores.This article's main research question asks how the global lobster economy has helped shape Miskitu masculinities …
Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State,1894–1987
Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State 1894‐1987, Charles R. Hale. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994. ix + 296pp. $42.50 (cloth). ISBN 0‐8047‐2255‐2
Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State,1894-1987:Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State 1894-1987
The discourse of romantic love on the Miskito Coast
This Article examines the sentiment of love among the indigenous Miskitu people along along the Honduran and Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast. Miskitu women historically have held high positions of power in their matrilocal society. Since the lobster-diving industry began in the 1970s, however, gender and power relations have shifted, rendering women more dependent on men who earn wages. Women's loss of power is not only due to the economic changes, bu…
Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State,1894–1987
Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State 1894‐1987, Charles R. Hale. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994. ix + 296pp. $42.50 (cloth). ISBN 0‐8047‐2255‐2
Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State,1894-1987:Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State 1894-1987
Indigenous Masculinities in the Global Lobster Economy
Indigenous Miskitu men have worked as deep-water divers in the international lobster economy for the last forty years.Because of the long-term "boom" in the lobster economy, Miskitu society has become increasingly involved with monetized economies, agriculture has declined, and families now purchase their subsistence foods from stores.This article's main research question asks how the global lobster economy has helped shape Miskitu masculinities …
Dissident Women: Gender and Cultural Politics in Chiapas by Shannon Speed, R. Aída Hernández de Castillo, and Lynn M. Stephen, eds
Fighting Tradition: Changing norms of gender violence in Miskitu society
This article concerns gender violence against indigenous Miskitu women in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) by examining how violence toward RAAN women is linked not only to culturally-based perceptions of love and marriage, but also to disruptive gender relations caused by neoliberal economic policies of the state and the lack of justice accessible to women through Nicaraguan customary law (derecho indígena o consuetudinario). …
The discourse of romantic love on the Miskito Coast
This Article examines the sentiment of love among the indigenous Miskitu people along along the Honduran and Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast. Miskitu women historically have held high positions of power in their matrilocal society. Since the lobster-diving industry began in the 1970s, however, gender and power relations have shifted, rendering women more dependent on men who earn wages. Women's loss of power is not only due to the economic changes, bu…
Sociology (5 works) · Historical Studies in Central America (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Contradiction (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Law (2 works)