The book "Women and Alcohol in Highland Maya Town" is written by Christine Eber and published in 1995. It is a feminist analysis of gender culture, tradition, religious change, and drinking habits in highland Chiapas. The writer researched the community of Zapatis women. Her work is on how drinking changed the lives of these women. She gave the voice to the women she worked within San Pedro Chenalho.
Eber's literary style has a depth to counter every aspect of their culture. Gender-based discrimination, complicated cultural rules, kept these women behind the walls for along time. She writes how 'rum' is a powerful substance in the context of traditional spirituality though they faced domestic violence because of it. The religious values of alcohol are still higher.
The book is one of its kind about the culture of indigenous communities of native American people. The book is an analysis of the spiritual, religious, economic, political, and cultural aspects of alcoholism.
