Women in Pain: Gender and Morbidity in Mexico - Paperback

by Kaja Finkler (Author)

Kaja Finkler explores the relationship between patterns of social interaction, cultural expectations, and gender ideologies. In Women in Pain, she examines the nature of sickness and its interaction with issues about gender and gender relations from both a historical and contemporary perspective.

Author Biography

Kaja Finkler is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.