Home Security

Drug Rehabilitation Centres, the Devil and Domesticity in Guatemala City

Bibliographic Data

ID3313614
AuthorsKevin Lewis O’neill (0000-0001-6880-9146, corresponding author), Kevin Lewis O''Neill, Kevin Lewis O'Neill
Year2020
Volume52
Issue4
Pages785-804
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x20000656
OpenAlexW3042846747
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited59

Pentecostal drug rehabilitation centres in Guatemala City are informal responses to drug use, with these all-male institutions attempting to save drug users from what some Christians call 'the devil'. Of ethnographic interest is that the mothers, sisters and wives not only pay for the capture and captivity of their loved ones but also volunteer their labour to support these centres. This article, in response, assesses not only the Christian impulse to domesticate sinners but also the extent to which a cult of domesticity organises Guatemala's war on drugs

Cult · Drug · Ethnography · Physical therapy · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Rehabilitation · Religion, Society, and Development · Sex work and related issues