Esperanza speaks : confronting a century of global change in rural Panama / Gloria Rudolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudolf, Gloria, author.

Contributor:

Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Series:

Teaching culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Panama--Loma Bonita (Coclé).

Globalization.

Panama--Loma Bonita (Coclé).

Economic history.

Families.

Manners and customs.

Social conditions.

Globalization--Panama--Loma Bonita (Coclé).

Panama.

Ruiz, Esperanza, 1922-.

Ruiz, Esperanza.

Ruiz, Esperanza, 1922---Family.

Loma Bonita (Coclé, Panama)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Loma Bonita (Coclé, Panama).

Loma Bonita (Coclé, Panama)--Social conditions--20th century.

Loma Bonita (Coclé, Panama)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Loma Bonita (Coclé, Panama)--Biography.

Loma Bonita (Coclé).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 195 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021.

Summary:

"History is often viewed from the top down; powerful elites are at center stage. This book instead examines a century-long process of socio-economic change from the bottom up, primarily through the experiences of one woman, Esperanza Ruiz (born in 1922), and four generations of her family. They tell stories about the nature and impacts of these changes on their lives and on their highland community in central Panama. This view from the bottom up shows how ordinary people, through their choices and actions, are affected by and, in turn, can influence how history unfolds. Readers see Esperanza's family as both victims and protagonists in their histories. Born into rural poverty with limits on their options, they still find small openings for actions to try to improve their circumstances. Sometimes successful, sometimes not, they survive or move ahead by drawing on their only abundant resource: each other. Based on twenty field visits over the course of fifty years, Esperanza Speaks is the result of a dedicated anthropologist's long-term engagement with the individuals of a community, and a beautiful example of ethnographic storytelling."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Isthmus of Panama: Two Different Worlds (pre

1920s)

2. Childhood: As Soon As I Opened My Eyes (1920s

1930s)

3. Youth: I Could Always Quit and Go Home (1940s

1950s)

4. Adult: A Voice Meant to Be Heard (1960s

1980s)

5. Elder: Doors Open, Doors Close (1990s

2019)

6. Next Generations: Who's Heading Home Again? (2019).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Other Format:

Online version: Rudolf, Gloria. Esperanza speaks.

ISBN:

9781487594695

1487594690

9781487594701

1487594704

OCLC:

1146559166

Publisher Number:

99987704704