Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in

Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras

"Honduras is violent." Adrienne Pine situates this oft-repeated claim at the center of her vivid and nuanced chronicle of Honduran subjectivity. Through an examination of three major subject areasâ€”violence, alcohol, and the export-processing (maquiladora) industryâ€”Pine explores the daily relationships and routines of urban Hondurans. She views their lives in the context of the vast economic footprint on and ideological domination of the region by the United States, powerfully elucidating the extent of Honduras's dependence. She provides a historically situated ethnographic analysis of this fraught relationship and the effect it has had on Hondurans' understanding of who they are. The result is a rich and visceral portrait of a culture buffeted by the forces of globalization and inequality.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2008-05-07

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2008-05-07

Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras