TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brandes,Stanley
TI  - Staying Sober in Mexico City
SN  - 9780292796515
U1  - 362.292/86/092 21
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Austin : 
PB  - University of Texas Press, 
KW  - Alcoholics
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Mexico City
KW  - Recovering alcoholics
KW  - Twelve-step programs
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Moral Support in Mexico City --; 2. Religious Adaptations in Alcoholics Anonymous --; 3. Meeting and Moving --; 4. Storytelling --; 5. Gender and the Construction of Manhood --; 6. Blurred Boundaries and the Exercise of Social Control --; 7. Illness and Recovery --; 8. Sobriety and Survival --; Appendix A. The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous/ Los Doce Pasos de Alcohólicos Anónimos --; Appendix B. The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous/ Las Doce Tradiciones de Alcohólicos Anónimos --; Notes --; References Cited --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Staying sober is a daily struggle for many men living in Mexico City, one of the world's largest, grittiest urban centers. In this engaging study, Stanley Brandes focuses on a common therapeutic response to alcoholism, Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), which boasts an enormous following throughout Mexico and much of Latin America. Over several years, Brandes observed and participated in an all-men's chapter of A.A. located in a working class district of Mexico City. Employing richly textured ethnography, he analyzes the group's social dynamics, therapeutic effectiveness, and ritual and spiritual life. Brandes demonstrates how recovering alcoholics in Mexico redefine gender roles in order to preserve masculine identity. He also explains how an organization rooted historically in evangelical Protestantism has been able to flourish in Roman Catholic Latin America
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7560/709058
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292796515
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292796515/original
ER  -