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Women of Belize
Gender and Change
in Central America
Irma McClaurin
Rutgers University Press
New Brunswick, New Jersey

title:Women of Belize : Gender and Change in Central America
author:McClaurin, Irma.
publisher:Rutgers University Press
isbn10 | asin:0813523079
print isbn13:9780813523071
ebook isbn13:9780585024387
language:English
subjectWomen--Belize--Social conditions.
publication date:1996
lcc:HQ1470.5.M33 1996eb
ddc:305.4/097282
subject:Women--Belize--Social conditions.
Page iv
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McClaurin, Irma.
Women of Belize: gender and change in Central America / Irma
McClaurin.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8135-2307-9 (cloth: alk. paper).-ISBN 0-8135-2308-7
(pbk.: alk. paper)
1. WomenBelizeSocial conditions. I. Title.
HQ1470.5.M33Picture 11996
305.4'097282dc20
Picture 2Picture 3Picture 4Picture 5Picture 695-52269
Picture 7Picture 8Picture 9Picture 10Picture 11Picture 12CIP
British Cataloging-in-Publication information available
Copyright 1996 by Irma McClaurin
All Rights Reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Page v
For my children, Antonio Maceo and Zena Carlota Pearl
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Prologue
1
Chapter 1
Women of Belize
6
Chapter 2
So Where the Hell Is Belize?
25
Chapter 3
From the Marketplace to Lemongrass
35
Chapter 4
Rose's Story (Garifuna)
47
Chapter 5
To Be a Girl: Gender-Role Enculturation
62
Chapter 6
Zola's Story (East Indian)
77
Chapter 7
Women's Subordination in Modern Belize
102
Chapter 8
Evelyn's Story (Creole)
124
Chapter 9
The Quest for Female Autonomy: Women's Groups in Belize
164
Chapter 10
"Dis Heah Time No Stand Like Befo' Time"
188
Notes
193
Index
215

Page ix
Acknowledgments
This book is dedicated especially to the memories of two women: Sylvia Helen Forman, whose insights, tough love, and rigorous standards of excellence enabled me to negotiate the tricky terrain of anthropology, and Bernice Yorke, whose Belizean hospitality and wisdom were unmatched; to my Belizean sisters (Zee Edgell, Santiago Espat, Barbara Fernandez, Eva Middleton, Therese Paulino, Wilma Wright, Ida Westby, Rita Wagner, Denyse Barrows, and many others whose paths I crossed), without whose friendship, support, and cultural guidance the research for this work could not have been completed; to the Belizean women's groups and nongovernmental organizations who unsparingly contributed their time and experiences; to my children, Zena Carlota Pearl Allen and Antonio Maceo McClaurin Allen, who I hope will accept this book as an equal exchange for the sacrifices they had to make of my time and attention, though never my love; and finally to "Evelyn," "Rose," "Zola," and the other women and men who wished to remain nameless, without whose life experiences this book would not have been possible.
Although the act of putting pen to paper may be a solitary venture, the process of completing a book is collective. Thus while I take full responsibility for the ideas contained in these pages, I owe its completion to more people than I can ever thank. Along the way I was supported in my efforts by various individuals who gave me suggestions, encouragement, love and whose general good spirits sustained me through a communal reservoir of strength and determination as I struggled to finish the last page, the last word. I am forever indebted to my mother, Bennie Pearl Brown, and her husband, Navy Brown, for all the comforts of home they provided me whenever I needed nurturing; to my sister, Reece Ren Bell, and her family, who resurrected the meaning of extended family; to Cecila Gross, who fed me with food and friendship; to Tom McBee and Carlie and Gary Tartakov who gave me sanctuary amid the isolation of Iowa; to Lou, whose friendship and love were a gift in the early
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