{"product_id":"producing-mayaland-9781119647409","title":"Producing Mayaland","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProducing Mayaland\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProducing Mayaland\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully captures the extent to which the abstract spaces of global capital are infused with colonial fantasies, haunted by uncanny ruins, and plagued by monstrous manifestations of ecological breakdown. Through a compelling account of the maquiladora industry in the Yucatan Peninsula, Claudia Fonseca Alfaro vividly conveys the inextricable entanglements of the capitalist production of space and the coloniality of power. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJaphy Wilson, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProducing Mayaland\u003c\/i\u003e, Claudia Fonseca Alfaro finds a unique voice to narrate the contested relations between everyday life, urbanization and the uneven development of capitalism in Motul, Yucatán, Mexico. The remarkable insights of this work emerge from her innovative synthesis of critical urban theory, anticolonialism and magical realism' all grounded in an imaginative appropriation of Henri Lefebvre's oeuvre on the prod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eProducing Mayaland\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully captures the extent to which the abstract spaces of global capital are infused with colonial fantasies, haunted by uncanny ruins, and plagued by monstrous manifestations of ecological breakdown. Through a compelling account of the maquiladora industry in the Yucatan Peninsula, Claudia Fonseca Alfaro vividly conveys the inextricable entanglements of the capitalist production of space and the coloniality of power.’  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaphy Wilson, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘In \u003ci\u003eProducing Mayaland\u003c\/i\u003e, Claudia Fonseca Alfaro finds a unique voice to narrate the contested relations between everyday life, urbanization and the uneven development of capitalism in Motul, Yucatán, Mexico. The remarkable insights of this work emerge from her innovative synthesis of critical urban theory, anticolonialism and ‘magical realism’—all grounded in an imaginative appropriation of Henri Lefebvre’s oeuvre on the production of space.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKanishka Goonewardena, Professor of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Table ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Postcolonizing Lefebvre? 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Maquiladora Paradise 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Magical Maya 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Zone 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Maquila Leftovers 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Understanding the Urban in\/from Yucatán 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Living with the Maquila 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conclusion 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 250\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407108612439,"sku":"9781119647409","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119647409.jpg?v=1730498206","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/producing-mayaland-9781119647409","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}