Shipwrecked Identities : Navigating Race on Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast /

Global identity politics rest heavily on notions of ethnicity and authenticity, especially in contexts where indigenous identity becomes a basis for claims of social and economic justice. In contemporary Latin America there is a resurgence of indigenous claims for cultural and political autonomy and...

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Autor Principal: Pineda, Baron L., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • The setting
  • Nicaragua's two coasts
  • From Bilwi to Puerto Cabezas : Mestizo nationalism in the age of agro-industry
  • Company time
  • Neighborhoods and official ethnicity
  • Costeño warriors and contra rebels : nature, culture, and ethnic conflict
  • Conclusion.