JoAnn Martin

A Review of “Waging War, Making Peace: Reparations and Human Rights”

Waging War, Making Peace: Reparations and Human Rights draws on the insights provided by ethnographic research to examine the place of reparations in a world in which the cessation of fighting leaves lingering hostilities, where victim and victimizer cannot be clearly distinguished, and the traumas of warfare create deep psychological, cultural, and historical disruption. The editors of this volume, Barbara Rose Johnston and Susan Slyomovics, have put together a collection of articles that acknowledge the scope, range, and devastation wrought by war. Yet the articles optimistically ask: How can reparations create a sense of justice in the context of the far-reaching disruptions of war?

The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City.

In this compelling study of machismo in Mexico City, Matthew Gutmann overturns many stereotypes of male culture in Mexico and offers a sensitive and often surprising look at how Mexican men see themselves, parent their children, relate to women, and talk about sex. This tenth anniversary edition features a new preface that updates the stories of the books key protagonists.