Backing Weakness
Conceptualizations of Q'eqchi' Women's Vulnerability in Belize
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5160730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J B Waldram (0000-0001-8486-3556, University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 532-545 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01459740.2022.2094263 |
| PMID | 35771130 |
| OpenAlex | W4283753551 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 43 |
Q'eqchi' women's health is the product of inherent, acquired, and induced vulnerabilities that inform an idiom of "weakness" characteristic of women compared to men, reflecting both biological difference and gender-specific demands placed upon them within the context of village life. While women are understood to be uniquely vulnerable to sickness - their "weakness" - they demonstrate great strength and vigor to perform culturally prescribed roles, such as "backing" heavy loads. A framework grounded in Indigenous culture and ideology interprets Q'eqchi' understandings of women's health and broader position within society, arguing the need to take seriously Indigenous explanatory frameworks
Context (archaeology · Geography · Ideology · Indigenous · Political science · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Weakness · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Medicine · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Maya resurgence in Guatemala
Maya history and religion
Seeing and Being Seen
Renewing the Maya World
The Ontological Turn
Enduring Violence
Violence and Subjectivity
Does “Susto” Really Exist? Indigenous Knowledge and Fright Disorders Among Q’eqchi’ Maya in Belize
Medical potential of plants used by the Q’eqchi Maya of Livingston, Guatemala for the treatment of women's health complaints
Maya Women, Gender Dynamics, and Modes of Production
Thinking too much”
Intimate Partner Violence Against Indigenous Women in Sololá, Guatemala
Culture and the intergenerational transmission of substance abuse, woman abuse, and child abuse
Life Under the Tropical Canopy
Kaqchikel midwives, home births, and emergency obstetric referrals in Guatemala
Women and health care on a Guatemalan plantation
Ethnography of fertility and menstruation in rural Mexico
Vital warmth and well-being
Biological and genetic contributors to violence
On the importance of difference
Indian Medicine in Highland Guatemala
Why Susto
Debunking Marianismo
The Epidemiology of a Folk Illness
Sex Differences in the Incidence of Susto in Two Zapotec Pueblos
Anchored Communities
The Zinacantecos of Mexico
Social Support and Distress among Q'eqchi' Refugee Women in Maya Tecún, Mexico
Gendered food behaviour among the Maya
The Pain of "Thinking too Much"
Cultural Logic and Maya Identity
Transformative and Restorative Processes
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |