Asher Black and Green

Afro-Colombians, Development, and Nature in the Pacific Lowlands
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9087-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 226 Seiten

Reihe: e-Duke books scholarly collection

Looks at development of Afro-Colombian communities after passage of a 1991 law granting cultural rights and collective land ownership to the communities, arguing that social movements are often partially co-opted by market or state, but then use state res

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asher, Kiran

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations and Acronyms xiii

Introduction: Black Social Movements and Development in the Making 1

1. Afro-Colombian Ethnicity: From Invisibility to the Limelight 32

2. "The El Dorado of Modern Times": Economy, Ecology, and Territory 57

3. "El Ruido Interno de Comunidades Negras": The Ethno-Cultural Politics of the PCN 100

4. "Seeing with the Eyes of Black Women": Gender, Ethnicity, and Development 130

5. Displacement, Development, and Afro-Colombian Movements 154

Appendix A. Transitory Article 55 191

Appendix B. Law 70 of 1993: Outline and Salient Features 192

Notes 197

References 211

Index 233

Über Autor(innen)

Kiran Asher is Associate Professor of International Development & Social Change and Women’s Studies at Clark University.