Ethnographic insights on Latin America and the Caribbean / edited by Melanie A. Medeiros and Jennifer R. Guzmán.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Medeiros, Melanie A., editor.

Guzmán, Jennifer R., editor.

Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Latin America--Case studies.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Caribbean Area--Case studies.

Social conditions.

Latin America--Social conditions--Case studies.

Latin America.

Caribbean Area--Social conditions--Case studies.

Caribbean Area.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

531 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Ethnographic Insights on Latin America and the Caribbean offers a compelling introduction to the region by providing a series of ethnographic case studies that examine the most pressing issues communities are facing today. These case studies address key topics such as inequities during COVID-19 and Zika, anti-Black racism, resistance against extractive industries, migration and transnational families, revitalization of Indigenous languages, art, and solidarity in the wake of political violence, resilience in the face of climate change, and recent political organizing and social movements. Designed for courses in a variety of disciplines, this expansive volume is organized in thematic sections, with introductions that draw important connections between chapters. The first section provides essential background on ethnography, archaeology, and history, while chapters in the following sections center local perspectives, strategies, and voices. Each chapter ends with reflection and discussion questions, key concepts with definitions, and resources to explore further. Presenting a snapshot of life during the early decades of the twenty-first century, Ethnographic Insights on Latin America and the Caribbean illuminates the structural forces and human agency that are determining the future of the region and the world."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Section One An Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean

1. Using Ethnography to Learn about Latin America and the Caribbean / Jennifer R. Guzman

2. Old New World: An Archaeological Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean / James J. Aimers

3. Check Your Narratives: Essentials for Understanding Latin American and Caribbean History, 1400

Present / Ryan M. Jones

Section Two Race, Racialization, and Racism

4. Raciality and Belonging in Cuban Tourism / L. Kaifa Roland

5. Protecting White Comfort and White Supremacy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Jennifer Roth-Gordon

6. The "Paradoxical" Persistence of Haitian Vodou after the Cholera Epidemic / Guilberly Louissaint

Section Three Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Belonging

7. Language and the Emplacement of Indigenous Citizenship in Peru / Sandhya Krittika Narayanan

8. Post-Multicultural Anxieties? Trajectories of Indigenous Citizenship in La Guajira, Colombia / Pablo Jaramillo

9. A Panamanian of West Indian Descent: An Autoethnographic Study of Citizenship and Belonging / Laverne M. Seales Soley

Section Four Gender and Intersectionality

10. The Racial Politics of Queer, Urban, Second-Generation Indigenous Lima Locals / Diego Arispe-Bazan

11. Racialized Geographies and the "War on Drugs": Gender Violence, Militarization, and the Criminalization of Indigenous Women in Mexico / Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo

12. After the Mosquito: Caring for Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome in Bahia, Brazil / K. Eliza Williamson

Section Five Language in Society

13. Rap Originario and Language Revitalization in Southern Mexico: The ADN Maya Collective / Josep Cru

14. Kreyol in Cuba: Writing Resistance, Affirming Haitian Heritage / Mariana F. Past

15. Linguistic Bias or a Chance to Get Ahead: Linguistic Repertoires in Aruban and Curacaoan Schools / Keisha Wiel

Section Six Politics and Power / Karleen Jones West

16. Congressional Candidates and Political Campaigns in Clientelist Systems: Condoms and Concrete in Oaxaca, Mexico / Karleen Jones West

17. NGOs as "Necessary Evils": Challenges of Doing Good in Urban Northeast Brazil / Luminita-Anda Mandache

18. The Role of Masculinity in Connecting Knowledge and Politics: Pension Experts in Chile / Maria J. Azocar

19. Indigenous Governance and Legal Pluralism: Constitutional Reform and Political Conflict in Bolivia / Matthew Doyle

Section Seven Political Violence and Its Legacies

20. Violence and the Ethnographic Turn in Contemporary Colombian Art / Esteban Rozo

21. Film Reception and Audience Ethnography: Charting Local Imaginaries of Violence in Contemporary Argentina and Colombia / Cecilia Sosa

22. Cementerio XXX: The Desaparecidos of "Post-Conflict" Guatemala / Sarah Maya Rosen

23. A Crack in the Wall: Ethnography as Solidarity with Indigenous Political Prisoners in Oaxaca, Mexico / Bruno Renero-Hannan

Section Eight Poverty, Precarity, and Resilience

24. Flipping the City: Space and Subjectivity in Sao Paulo, Brazil's Zona Sul Periphery / Charles H. Klein

25. Ties that Bind in the Dominican Republic: Buying Food on Credit in Corner Stores / Christine Hippert

26. "If It Wasn't for COVID, I Wouldn't Be Married": Disruption, Agency, and Making a Living in Chiapas, Mexico / Katie Nelson

27. Music, Movements, and Maria: Narratives of Music in Post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico / Melissa Cambero Scott

Section Nine Development and Sustainability

28. Conceptions of Risk and Resettlement in Belenino River Communities in Peru / Sharon Gorenstein Rivera

29. Forced Displacement and Indigenous Resettlement Planning in Colombia's Coal Region / Emma Banks

30. "No a La Mina": Indigenous Organizations' Rejection of Toxic Mega-Mining in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec / Alessandro Morosin

Section Ten Tourism and Its Effects

31. Structural Racism and Occupational Segregation in the Ecotourism Industry of Northeast Brazil / Tiffany Henriksen

32. Between the Edible and the Inedible: Cultural Tourism and Culinary Meaning in the Ecuadorian Amazon / Sarah Rachelle Renkert

33. Of Cash and Candy: The Complex Effects of Tourism on the Growth of Maya Children from Yucatan, Mexico / Kristi J. Krumrine

Section Eleven Migration and Kinship

34. Digital Solidarities, Transnational Families, and the Nicaraguan Refugee Crisis in Costa Rica / Caitlin E. Fouratt

35. Love, Money, and a Secret Divorce: Patriarchy and Senior Women's Caregiving in Mexican Migration / Nora Haenn

36. "I Am Going without Knowing the History of My People": Young People's Engagement with the Past, Present, and Future in the Guatemalan Diaspora in Southern Mexico / Malte Gembus.

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: Ethnographic insights on Latin America and the Caribbean.

ISBN:

9781487547981

1487547986

9781487551506

1487551509

OCLC:

1348379463

Publisher Number:

99993618356