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The Grimace Of Macho Rat N

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Author : Les W. Field
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

The Grimace Of Macho Rat N written by Les W. Field and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.

An ethnographic account of indigenous artisans in Nicaragua and the complex ways they have understood and constructed their own identity from the period of the Sandanistas to the present.

Myths Of Modernity

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Author : Elizabeth Dore
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-25

Myths Of Modernity written by Elizabeth Dore and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-25 with Social Science categories.

In Myths of Modernity, Elizabeth Dore rethinks Nicaragua’s transition to capitalism. Arguing against the idea that the country’s capitalist transformation was ushered in by the coffee boom that extended from 1870 to 1930, she maintains that coffee growing gave rise to systems of landowning and labor exploitation that impeded rather than promoted capitalist development. Dore places gender at the forefront of her analysis, which demonstrates that patriarchy was the organizing principle of the coffee economy’s debt-peonage system until the 1950s. She examines the gendered dynamics of daily life in Diriomo, a township in Nicaragua’s Granada region, tracing the history of the town’s Indian community from its inception in the colonial era to its demise in the early twentieth century. Dore seamlessly combines archival research, oral history, and an innovative theoretical approach that unites political economy with social history. She recovers the bygone voices of peons, planters, and local officials within documents such as labor contracts, court records, and official correspondence. She juxtaposes these historical perspectives with those of contemporary peasants, landowners, activists, and politicians who share memories passed down to the present. The reconceptualization of the coffee economy that Dore elaborates has far-reaching implications. The Sandinistas mistakenly believed, she contends, that Nicaraguan capitalism was mature and ripe for socialist revolution, and after their victory in 1979 that belief led them to alienate many peasants by ignoring their demands for land. Thus, the Sandinistas’ myths of modernity contributed to their downfall.

Intimate Migrations

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Author : Deborah A. Boehm
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2013-07

Intimate Migrations written by Deborah A. Boehm and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07 with Political Science categories.

In her research with transnational Mexicans, Deborah A. Boehm has often asked individuals: if there were no barriers to your movement between Mexico and the United States, where would you choose to live? Almost always, they desire the freedom to "come and go." Yet the barriers preventing such movement are many. Because of rigid U.S. immigration policies, Mexican immigrants often find themselves living long distances from family members and unable to easily cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Transnational Mexicans experience what Boehm calls "intimate migrations," flows that both shape and are structured by gendered and familial actions and interactions, but are always defined by the presence of the U.S. state. By showing how intimate relations direct migration, and by looking at kin and gender relationships through the lens of "illegality," Boehm sheds new light on the study of gender and kinship, as well as understandings of the state and transnational migration.

Measuring Identity

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Author : Rawi Abdelal
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-06

Measuring Identity written by Rawi Abdelal and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-06 with Political Science categories.

Abdelal, Herrera, Johnston, and McDermott have brought together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to consider the conceptual and methodological challenges associated with treating identity as a variable, offer a synthetic theoretical framework, and demonstrate the possibilities offered by various methods of measurement.

Crafting Gender

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Author : Eli Bartra
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2003-10

Crafting Gender written by Eli Bartra and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10 with Art categories.

DIVAnalyzes Latin American and Caribbean folk art from a feminist perspective, considering the issue of gender in the production and circulation of popular art produced by women./div

A Companion To The Anthropology Of American Indians

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Author : Thomas Biolsi
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15

A Companion To The Anthropology Of American Indians written by Thomas Biolsi and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Social Science categories.

This Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point. Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks Explores anthropology’s contribution to knowledge, its historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its political and ethical obligations toward the people 'studied'

The Value Of Aesthetics

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Author : Alanna Cant
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2019-09-01

The Value Of Aesthetics written by Alanna Cant and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-01 with Social Science categories.

Unlike many other handicrafts in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, which have long cultural and historical trajectories, Oaxacan woodcarving began in the second half of the twentieth century and has always been done for the commercial market. In The Value of Aesthetics, Alanna Cant explores how one family’s workshop in the village of San Martín Tilcajete has become the most critically and economically successful, surpassing those of neighbors who use similar materials and techniques. The dominance of this family is tied to their ability to produce a new aesthetic that appeals to three key “economies of culture”: the tourist market for souvenirs, the national market for traditional Mexican artesanías, and the international market for indigenous art. Offering a new analytical model by which anthropologists can approach visual aesthetics and conceptualize the power of artworks as socially active objects, The Value of Aesthetics shows how aesthetic practices produce and redefine social and political relationships. By investigating the links between aesthetics and issues of production, authorship, ownership, and identity, Cant shows aesthetic change to be a process that ultimately repackages everyday life into commodified objects in Oaxaca.

Border Crossings

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Author : Kathleen Sue Fine-Dare
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2009-05-01

Border Crossings written by Kathleen Sue Fine-Dare and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-01 with Social Science categories.

For anthropologists and social scientists working in North and South America, the past few decades have brought considerable change as issues such as repatriation, cultural jurisdiction, and revitalization movements have swept across the hemisphere. Today scholars are rethinking both how and why they study culture as they gain a new appreciation for the impact they have on the people they study. Key to this reassessment of the social sciences is a rethinking of the concept of borders: not only between cultures and nations but between disciplines such as archaeology and cultural anthropology, between past and present, and between anthropologists and indigenous peoples. "Border Crossings" is a collection of fourteen essays about the evolving focus and perspective of anthropologists and the anthropology of North and South America over the past two decades. For a growing number of researchers, the realities of working in the Americas have changed the distinctions between being a "Latin," "North," or "Native" Americanist as these researchers turn their interests and expertise simultaneously homeward and out across the globe.

Economies And The Transformation Of Landscape

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Author : Lisa Cliggett
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2008

Economies And The Transformation Of Landscape written by Lisa Cliggett and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.

Economies and the Transformation of Landscape explores both the general and specific ways in which local economic ventures around the world, such as mining, ranching, and farming, affect the environment.

Challenging The Dichotomy

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Author : Les Field
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2016-12-06

Challenging The Dichotomy written by Les Field and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-06 with Political Science categories.

Challenging the Dichotomy explores how dichotomies regarding heritage dominate the discussions of ethics, practices, and institutions. Contributing authors underscore the challenge to the old paradigms from multiple forces. The case studies and discourses, both ethnographic and archaeological, arise from a wide variety of regional contexts and cultures.