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The mermaid and the lobster diver : gender, sexuality, and money on the Miskito coast / Laura Hobson Herlihy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herlihy, Laura Hobson, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Miskito Indians--Social conditions.
- Miskito Indians.
- Miskito Indians--Economic conditions.
- Miskito Indians--Sexual behavior.
- Social structure--Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras).
- Social structure.
- Matrilineal kinship--Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras).
- Matrilineal kinship.
- Lobster industry--Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras).
- Lobster industry.
- Sexual division of labor--Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras).
- Sexual division of labor.
- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)--Social conditions.
- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras).
- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Interspersed with short stories, songs, and incantations, The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver demonstrates the archetypes of femininity and masculinity within Miskitu society, highlighting the power associated with women's sexuality-as manifested in bot
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction Washed Ashore / A Seaside View; PART I: Historical Fact and Anthropological Fiction; 1: The Miskito Coast: History, Place, Identity; 2: Gendered Ethnography in Kuri; PART II: Social Economies of Power; 3: Village of Women: Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters; 4: Staying Afloat: Economics of the Matrigroup; 5: Into the Deep: The Lobster Diver; PART III: Supernatural Women; 6: For the Love of Money: Sex and Magic; 7: Fishy Tales: The Mermaid; Conclusion: Caribbean Vibrations; Afterword; Notes
- GlossaryBibliography; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283637046
- 1283637049
- 9780826350947
- 0826350941
- OCLC:
- 792741463
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