Brandes demonstrates how recovering alcoholics in Mexico redefine gender roles in order to preserve masculine identity.

Employing richly textured ethnography, he analyses the group's social dynamics, therapeutic effectiveness, and ritual and spiritual life. located in a working class district of Mexico City. Over several years, Brandes observed and participated in an all-men's chapter of A.A. 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. Staying sober is a daily struggle for many men living in Mexico City, one of the world's largest, grittiest urban centres. Twelve-Step Guide to Using the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book : Personal Transformation: The Promise of the Twelve-Step. The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous/Las Doce Tradiciones de Alcoholicos Anonimos The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous/Los Doce Pasos de Alcoholicos Anonimos Blurred Boundaries and the Exercise of Social Control.Entendemos que no hay estudio, escrito u oral, de algo tan personal e individual como la recuperaciГіn que pueda complacer a todos completamente. Religious Adaptations in Alcoholics Anonymous El libro que tienes en tus manos es un tratado de los Doce Pasos y las Doce Tradiciones de NarcГіticos AnГіnimos.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p.

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