{"product_id":"marriage-divorce-and-distress-in-northeast-brazil-black-womens-perspectives-on-love-respect-and-kinship-hardback-9780813588247","title":"Marriage, Divorce, and Distress in Northeast Brazil; Black Women's Perspectives on Love, Respect, and Kinship (Hardback) 9780813588247","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMarriage, Divorce, and Distress in Northeast Brazil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBlack Women's Perspectives on Love, Respect, and Kinship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMelanie A. Medeiros (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813588247\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 July 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Weekly-Book-List-August-31\/244356\"' id='\"LPlnk852649\"' title='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Weekly-Book-List-August-31\/244356' cmd or tap to follow the link name='\"LPlnk852649\"'\u003e\"Chronicle of Higher Education 'New Scholarly Books' Weekly Book List, August 31, 2018,\" compiled by Nina C. Ayoub\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This innovative study illuminates Afro-Brazilian women's experiences in the realms of intimacy, marriage, and divorce. An important contribution!\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Kia Lilly Caldwell, author of Health Equity in Brazil: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Policy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"From the opening vignette, this vibrant, conceptually sophisticated, and yet accessible ethnography draws us into the contested terrain of intimate relations and divorce in Northeast Brazil. Medeiros skillfully depicts the voices and experiences of rural, working-class women of African descent, helping us see how their lives are shaped both by their own strivings and by forces as diverse as telenovelas and ecotourism. Her work represents a valuable contribution to the emerging anthropology of divorce as well as to work on emotion, gender, race, class, companionate marriage, social suffering, and even the anthropology of tourism.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Jennifer S. Hirsch, coauthor of The Secret: Love, Marriage and HIV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/melanie-a-madeiros-marriage-divorce-and-distress-in-northeast-brazil-black-womens-perspectives-on-love-respect-and-kinship-rutgers-up-2018\/\"'\u003eNew Books Network - News Books in Latin American Studies podcast interview with Melanie A. Medeiros\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/melanie-a-madeiros-marriage-divorce-and-distress-in-northeast-brazil-black-womens-perspectives-on-love-respect-and-kinship-rutgers-up-2018\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— New Books Network\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eUsing an intersectional approach, \u003ci\u003eMarriage, Divorce, and Distress in Northeast Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e explores rural, working-class, black Brazilian women's perceptions and experiences of courtship, marriage and divorce. In this book, women's narratives of marriage dissolution demonstrate the ways in which changing gender roles and marriage expectations associated with modernization and globalization influence the intimate lives and the health and well being of women in Northeast Brazil. Melanie A. Medeiros explores the women's rich stories of desire, love, respect, suffering, strength, and transformation.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e 1 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Brogodó, Bahia, Brazil \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eGender, Employment and Divorce\u003cbr\u003e 3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eTelenovela Reception and the Rise of Modern Love and Companionate Marriage \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eRespect, Infidelity and Divorce\u003cbr\u003e 5 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eMarital Distress and Social Suffering\u003cbr\u003e 6 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eMatrifocal Kinship and Amor Verdadeiro\u003cbr\u003e 7 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e About the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563714507032,"sku":"9780813588247","price":88.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/marriage-divorce-and-distress-in-northeast-brazil-black-womens-perspectives-on-love-respect-and-kinship-hardback-9780813588247","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}