By Stanley Brandes
"This is an impeccably crafted paintings through some of the most commonly revered anthropologists of his new release. . . . i'm relatively convinced that it'll develop into not just the traditional reference at the cultural research of alcoholism in Mexico, but in addition one of many absolute best total social technology contributions to the research of Mexican tradition produced within the final fifty years." --Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, Victor S. Thomas Professor and Codirector of the Harvard Immigration undertaking, Harvard collage Staying sober is an everyday fight for lots of males dwelling in Mexico urban, one of many world's greatest, grittiest city facilities. during this attractive research, Stanley Brandes makes a speciality of a standard healing reaction to alcoholism, Alcoholics nameless (A.A.), which boasts an important following all through Mexico and masses of Latin the USA. Over a number of years, Brandes saw and took part in an all-men's bankruptcy of A.A. situated in a operating classification district of Mexico urban. utilizing richly textured ethnography, he analyzes the group's social dynamics, healing effectiveness, and formality and non secular lifestyles. Brandes demonstrates how recuperating alcoholics in Mexico redefine gender roles to be able to defend masculine identification. He additionally explains how a firm rooted traditionally in evangelical Protestantism has been capable of flourish in Roman Catholic Latin the United States.
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The assertion of egalitarianism manifested itself once again. Even if we were not social equals, Emilio’s brief closing statement would act as a symbolic status leveler. A. circles. A. members address and refer to one another. A. for the first time. At the mention of the word compañero, I was hit with an ambivalent feeling. I was proud to be accepted by these poor, marginal Mexicans. And yet, I felt that I had not yet earned that acceptance. It came a trifle too soon, too easily. It was also conferred without my explicit involvement or approval, as if I were extraneous to the process.
We crowded inside. By the time we had pushed ourselves to the exit door at the back of the bus, we had reached our stop. We were at a metro station and again ran quickly, this time down a long flight of stairs, into the bowels of Mexico City’s earthquake-prone subsoil. As a Californian, I shared with Emilio the experience of having lived in a land of “shaking earth,” to use Eric Wolf’s apt description of the Mesoamerican landscape (1959). I thought a lot about earthquakes during my residence in Mexico City, particularly after reading journalist Elena Poniatowska’s vivid exposé (1995) of the horrifying destruction wrought by the city’s earthquake of 1985.
Bob hanging high on the front wall of the meeting room. “These are Bill and Bob. ” While the gentleman spoke, he shook his finger rapidly back and forth, pointing indiscriminately to both pictures, as if he were unsure which person was which. A. ” The speaker was as uncertain as I was at that point of the founders’ origins. Bill W. was a New Yorker, but Dr. A. meeting took place in June 1935. Despite historical flubs, the speaker was trying to communicate an important message: if gringos such as Bill and Dr.