Family Secrets: Stories of Incest and Sexual Violence in Mexico

by Gloria González-López

Book Overview

"My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them," confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria Gonz lez-L pez tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479869139
• ISBN13: 9781479869138
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"