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Book SynopsisEthnographic 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 the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 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
Table of Contents
List of Maps Preface: Introducing Ethnographic Insights on Latin America and the Caribbean SECTION ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Introduction 1. Using Ethnography to Learn about Latin America and the Caribbean Melanie A. Medeiros and Jennifer Guzmán 2. Old New World: An Archeological Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean James Aimers 3. Check Your Narratives: Essentials for Understanding Latin American and Caribbean History, 1400–Present Ryan M. Jones SECTION TWO: RACE, RACIALIZATION, AND RACISM Introduction 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 Introduction 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 Salazar 9. A Panamanian of West Indian Descent: An Autoethnographic Study of Citizenship and Belonging LaVerne M. Seales Soley SECTION FOUR: GENDER AND INTERSECTIONALITY Introduction 10. The Racial Politics of Queer, Urban, Second Generation Indigenous Lima Locals Diego Arispe-Bazán 11. Racialized Geographies and the “War on Drugs”: Gender Violence, Militarization, and 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 Introduction 13. Rap Originario and Language Revitalization in Mexico: The ADN Maya Collective Josep Cru 14. Kreyòl in Cuba: Writing Resistance, Affirming Haitian Heritage Mariana F. Past 15. Linguistic Bias or a Chance to Get Ahead: Linguistic Repertoires in Aruban and Curaçaoan Schools Keisha Wiel SECTION SIX: POLITICS AND POWER Introduction 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 Luminiţa-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 LEGACY Introduction 20. Violence and the Ethnographic Turn in Contemporary Colombian Art Ana Guglielmucci and Esteban Rozo 21. Film Reception and Audience Ethnography: Charting Local Imaginaries of Violence in Contemporary Argentina and Colombia Nick Morgan, Philippa Page, and Cecilia Sosa 22. Cementerio XXX: Political and Humanitarian Constructions of Victimhood for 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 Introduction 24. Flipping the City: Space and Subjectivity in the São Paulo, Brazil 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 and Maria: Musical Nationalism in Post–Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Melissa Cambero Scott SECTION NINE: DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY Introduction 28. Conceptions of Risk and Resettlement in Belenino River Communities in Peru Sharon Gorenstein Rivera 29. Forced Displacement and Indigenous Resettlement Planning in Colombia 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 Introduction 31. Structural Racism and Occupational Segregation in Northeast Brazil’s Ecotourism Industry Melanie Medeiros and 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 Yucatec Maya Children Kristi Krumrine SECTION ELEVEN: MIGRATION AND KINSHIP Introduction 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 Care-giving 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 Conclusion Index
