Where the River Ends : Contested Indigeneity in the Mexican Colorado Delta /
Living in the northwest of Mexico, the Cucapá people have relied on fishing as a means of subsistence for generations, but in the last several decades, that practice has been curtailed by water scarcity and government restrictions. The Colorado River once met the Gulf of California near the village...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
[2013]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Illustrations and Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. ''Listen for When You Get There'': Topologies of Invisibility on the Colorado River
- Chapter 2. The Fishing Conflict and the Making and Unmaking of Indigenous Authenticity
- Chapter 3. ''What Else Can I Do with a Boat and No Nets?'' Ideologies of Work and the Alternatives at Home
- Chapter 4. Mexican Machismo and a Woman's Worth
- Chapter 5. ''Spread Your Ass Cheeks'': And Other Things That Shouldn't Get Said in Indigenous Languages
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Index