Into the Hearts of the Amazons
In Search of a Modern Matriarchy
Seiten
2006
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-21640-5 (ISBN)
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-21640-5 (ISBN)
Part travel adventure through a little-known world and part ethnography, exploring how Zapotec women earned their legendary status in a remote corner of southern Mexico. This work tackles a primal question: what would life be like if women, rather than men, had the advantage?
Into the Hearts of the Amazons is part enthralling travel adventure through a little-known world and part popular ethnography, exploring how Zapotec women earned their legendary status in a remote corner of southern Mexico. To satisfy his curiosity about this culture, Tom DeMott journeyed to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where he discovered a thriving modern-day matriarchy among the people of the Isthmus - a cultural crossroads, breeding ground for rebels, and home to a half-million Zapotecs. DeMott integrated himself into the culture by joining in the rites of spring (where women pelt the men with fruit); by interviewing the women who control the marketplace where men are rarely seen; and by honoring the saints with drink and dance at all-night ceremonies. Evoking these singular women and their culture, DeMott tackles a primal question: what would life be like if women, rather than men, had the advantage?
Into the Hearts of the Amazons is part enthralling travel adventure through a little-known world and part popular ethnography, exploring how Zapotec women earned their legendary status in a remote corner of southern Mexico. To satisfy his curiosity about this culture, Tom DeMott journeyed to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where he discovered a thriving modern-day matriarchy among the people of the Isthmus - a cultural crossroads, breeding ground for rebels, and home to a half-million Zapotecs. DeMott integrated himself into the culture by joining in the rites of spring (where women pelt the men with fruit); by interviewing the women who control the marketplace where men are rarely seen; and by honoring the saints with drink and dance at all-night ceremonies. Evoking these singular women and their culture, DeMott tackles a primal question: what would life be like if women, rather than men, had the advantage?
Tom DeMott is a travel writer who lives in San Francisco. His work has appeared in many publications, including the San Francisco Observer and Clubmex.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2006 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 map |
| Verlagsort | Wisconsin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 520 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-299-21640-3 / 0299216403 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-299-21640-5 / 9780299216405 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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