Muehlmann Where the River Ends

Contested Indigeneity in the Mexican Colorado Delta
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7884-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Where the River Ends examines the response of the Cucapá people of Mexico's northwest coast to the state's claim that they are not "indigenous enough" to merit the special fishing rights which would allow them to subsist during environmental crisis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muehlmann, Shaylih

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations and Maps ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1. "Listen for When Your Get There": Topologies of Invisibility on the Colorado River 25

2. The Fishing Conflict and the Making and Unmaking of Indigenous Authenticity 55

3. "What Else Can I Do with a Boat and No Nets?" Ideologies of Work and the Alternatives at Home 83

4. Mexican Machismo and a Woman's Worth 118

5. "Spread Your Ass Cheeks": And Other Things That Shouldn't Get Said in Indigenous Languages 146

Conclusions 171

Notes 181

References 189

Index 215

Über Autor(innen)

Shaylih Muehlmann is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Canada Research Chair in Language, Culture and the Environment at the University of British Columbia.