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Black and green : Afro-Colombians, development, and nature in the Pacific lowlands / Kiran Asher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asher, Kiran.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Colombia--Pacific Coast--Social conditions.
- Black people.
- Black people--Civil rights--Colombia--Pacific Coast.
- Black people--Race identity--Colombia--Pacific Coast.
- Black people--Colombia--Pacific Coast--History.
- Civil rights movements--Colombia.
- Civil rights movements.
- Pacific Coast (Colombia)--Civilization--African influences.
- Pacific Coast (Colombia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Looks at development of Afro-Colombian communities after passage of a 1991 law granting cultural rights and collective land ownership to the communities, arguing that social movements are often partially co-opted by market or state, but then use state res
- Contents:
- Black social movements and development in the making
- Afro-Colombian ethnicity : from invisibility to the limelight
- "The El Dorado of modern times" : economy, ecology, and territory
- "El ruido interno de comunidades negras" : the ethno-cultural politics of the PCN
- "Seeing with the eyes of black women" : gender, ethnicity, and development
- Displacement, development, and Afro-Colombian movement.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613035783
- 9781283035781
- 1283035782
- 9780822390879
- 0822390876
- OCLC:
- 434869153
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