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1 Online-Ressource (294 p)
ISBN:
9780813538136
Content:
Global identity politics rest heavily on notions of ethnicity and authenticity. In contemporary Latin America there is a resurgence of indigenous claims for cultural and political autonomy and for the benefits of economic development. Yet these identities have often been taken for granted. In this historical ethnography, Baron Pineda traces the history of the port town of Bilwi, now known officially as Puerto Cabezas, on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua to explore the development and function of racial categories in this region. In the process, he provides insight into the causes and meaning of social movements and political turmoil. Shipwrecked Identities also includes important critical analysis of the role of anthropologists and other North American scholars in the Contra-Sandinista conflict as well as the ways these scholars have defined ethnic identities in Latin America
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813538143
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pineda, Baron L., 1967 - Shipwrecked identities New Brunswick, N.J [u.a.] : Rutgers Univ. Press, 2006 ISBN 0813538130
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0813538149
Language:
English
Keywords:
Moskitoküste
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Indianer
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Ethnische Identität
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