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How participation in the global economy has affected a South American indigenous group.

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"Meisch is a master ethnographer of the postcolonial situation. When nobody remembers the faddish side of postcolonial studies, readers will still be poring over this book to find out how indigenous America threw the "mestizo-white" establishment for a judo loop at the end of the twentieth century." Frank Salomon, Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin " ... detailed and exhaustive descripition."--Jrnl of Latin American Studies, February 2005

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Globalization and Otavalo Life
  • 2. How the Otavalos Became Otavalos
  • 3. Textiles and Tourism Move to the Fore
  • 4. In Search of the Noble Savage: Tourism and Travel to Otavalo
  • 5. Otavalo Music at Home and Abroad
  • 6. Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena
  • 7. Otavalo Wealth and Changing Social Relations
  • 8. Coping with Globalization
  • References
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2002
      ISBN13: 9780292752597, 978-0292752597
      ISBN10: 0292752598

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How participation in the global economy has affected a South American indigenous group.

      Trade Review
      "Meisch is a master ethnographer of the postcolonial situation. When nobody remembers the faddish side of postcolonial studies, readers will still be poring over this book to find out how indigenous America threw the "mestizo-white" establishment for a judo loop at the end of the twentieth century." Frank Salomon, Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin " ... detailed and exhaustive descripition."--Jrnl of Latin American Studies, February 2005

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • 1. Introduction: Globalization and Otavalo Life
      • 2. How the Otavalos Became Otavalos
      • 3. Textiles and Tourism Move to the Fore
      • 4. In Search of the Noble Savage: Tourism and Travel to Otavalo
      • 5. Otavalo Music at Home and Abroad
      • 6. Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena
      • 7. Otavalo Wealth and Changing Social Relations
      • 8. Coping with Globalization
      • References
      • Index

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