Voices from the global margin : confronting poverty and inventing new lives in the Andes / by William P. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, William P., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Peru--Economic conditions.

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Peru--Social conditions.

Indians of South America--Peru--Government relations.

Poverty--Peru.

Poverty.

Peasants--Peru.

Peasants.

Peru--Politics and government--1980-.

Peru.

Peru--Social conditions.

Peru--Economic conditions.

Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Voices from the Global Margin looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. In this highly readable ethnography, William Mitchell draws on the narratives of people he has known for forty years, offering deep insight into how they have coped with extreme poverty and rapid population growth—and their creation of new lives and customs in the process. In their own passionate words they describe their struggles to make ends meet, many abandoning rural homes for marginal wages in Lima and the United States. They chronicle their terror during the Shining Path guerrilla war and the government's violent military response. Mitchell's long experience as an anthropologist living with the people he writes about allows him to put the stories in context, helping readers understand the impact of the larger world on individuals and their communities. His book reckons up the human costs of the global economy, urging us to work toward a more just world.

Contents:

Introduction: A personal and intellectual odyssey

Pablo and Claudia : peasant farming

Horacio and Benjamina : gender, race, ethnicity, and class

Horacio and Benjamina : confronting village poverty

Martin : confronting migrant poverty

Valentina : from bride by capture to international migrant

Triga : guerrilla war, cocaine, and commerce

El Comandante Tigre : the peasant patrols and war

Anastasio : fleeing shining path

At the margin of the shifting world.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-254) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79614-5

OCLC:

648354904