Where the River Ends : Contested Indigeneity in the Mexican Colorado Delta

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muehlmann, Shaylih.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cocopa Indians--Mexican-American Border Region.

Cocopa Indians--Mexico--Colorado River Delta.

Cocopa Indians--Colorado River Delta--Mexico.

Cocopa Indians.

Local Subjects:

Cocopa Indians--Mexican-American Border Region.

Cocopa Indians--Mexico--Colorado River Delta.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Where the River Ends examines the response of the Cucapá people of Mexico's northwest coast to the state's claim that they are not ""indigenous enough"" to merit the special fishing rights which would allow them to subsist during environmental crisis.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. ''Listen for When You Get There'': Topologies of Invisibility on the Colorado River; Chapter 2. The Fishing Conflict and the Making and Unmaking of Indigenous Authenticity; Chapter 3. ''What Else Can I Do with a Boat and No Nets?'' : Ideologies of Work and the Alternatives at Home; Chapter 4. Mexican Machismo and a Woman's Worth; Chapter 5. ''Spread Your Ass Cheeks'': And Other Things That Shouldn't Get Said in Indigenous Languages; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020)

ISBN:

9780822378846

0822378841

OCLC:

843332838