In the Land of God and Man: A Latin Women's Journey by Silvana Paternostro
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 1999
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Paperback, 336pp
- ISBN-13: 9780452280304
- ISBN: 0452280303
Synopsis
"Paternostro tells the stories our mamis always told us not to tell and in doing so, she brings to light the secret sexual heart of our Latin culture. I loved reading this book."--Julia Alvarez, author of Yo! and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
As the daughter of the privileged Colombian elite, Silvana Paternostro was programmed to go from convent school to cocktail parties, obedient to God and man, never questioning the injustice she saw all around her or demanding a voice in public life. She left Latin America twenty years ago, but recently returned to "look critically at our Church, our Constitution, our daily lives." Told in a lyrical and personal voice, but backed up by solid research, In the Land of God and Man draws a new map of Latin and Latino America--from Quito, Ecuador to Queens, New York--exposing its hidden cultural undercurrents and bringing women out of the factories and favelas, the brothels and the boardrooms, and allowing them to tell their own stories.
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In the Land of God and Man: A Latin Women's Journeyby Anonymous
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July 31, 2003: An eye opening masterpiece!! It awakened me on many underground issues going on in Latin America which are unfortunately not in the front pages of news papers or magazines. Silvana Paternostro vividly explains and exemplifies the reasons for the sky high HIV rate in Latin America. And how religion, values and norms are so closely intertwined with this epidemic. I think it?s a book every Latin American women can relate to. Outstanding!
In the Land of God and Man: A Latin Women's Journeyby Anonymous
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April 15, 2002: this book is super important for all women, young and old, especially the young, to read. it makes you really think about our relationships with our fathers, brothers, husbands, friends, lovers...the list goes on. it also makes you wonder what they really think of us as their women and life partners.
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