A return to servitude : Maya migration and the tourist trade in Cancún /

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As a free trade zone and Latin America's most popular destination, Cancún, Mexico, is more than just a tourist town. It is not only actively involved in the production of transnational capital but also forms an integral part of the state's modernization plan for rural, Indigenous communit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Castellanos, María Bianet (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2010]
Colección:First peoples (2010)
Temas:
Mayas > Mexico > Cancún > Social conditions.
Mayas > Migrations.
Migration, Internal > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Tourism > Mexico > Cancún.
Mayas > Mexique > Cancún > Conditions sociales.
Migration intérieure > Mexique > Yucatán (État)
HISTORY.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
Mayas > Migrations
Mayas > Social conditions
Migration, Internal
Social conditions
Tourism
Cancún (Mexico) > Social conditions.
Mexico > Cancún
Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:As a free trade zone and Latin America's most popular destination, Cancún, Mexico, is more than just a tourist town. It is not only actively involved in the production of transnational capital but also forms an integral part of the state's modernization plan for rural, Indigenous communities. Indeed, Maya migrants make up over a third of the city's population. A Return to Servitude is an ethnography of Maya migration within Mexico that analyzes the foundational role Indigenous peoples play in the development of the modern nation-state. Focusing on tourism in the Yucatán Peninsula, M. Bianet Ca.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xlii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-230) and index.
ISBN:9780816674992
081667499X
1299946496
9781299946491

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