The mermaid and the lobster diver : gender, sexuality, and money on the Miskito coast /

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Interspersed with short stories, songs, and incantations, The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver demonstrates the archetypes of femininity and masculinity within Miskitu society, highlighting the power associated with women's sexuality-as manifested in bot.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herlihy, Laura Hobson, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Miskito Indians > Social conditions.
Miskito Indians > Economic conditions.
Miskito Indians > Sexual behavior.
Social structure > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Matrilineal kinship > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Lobster industry > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Sexual division of labor > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Miskito > Conditions sociales.
Miskito > Conditions économiques.
Miskito > Sexualité.
Structure sociale > Mosquitos, Côte des (Honduras et Nicaragua)
Filiation matrilinéaire > Mosquitos, Côte des (Honduras et Nicaragua)
Homards > Industrie > Mosquitos, Côte des (Honduras et Nicaragua)
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
Economic history
Lobster industry
Matrilineal kinship
Sexual division of labor
Social conditions
Social structure
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Social conditions.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Economic conditions.
Mosquitos, Côte des (Honduras et Nicaragua) > Conditions sociales.
Mosquitos, Côte des (Honduras et Nicaragua) > Conditions économiques.
Central America > Mosquitia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction Washed Ashore / A Seaside View; PART I: Historical Fact and Anthropological Fiction; 1: The Miskito Coast: History, Place, Identity; 2: Gendered Ethnography in Kuri; PART II: Social Economies of Power; 3: Village of Women: Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters; 4: Staying Afloat: Economics of the Matrigroup; 5: Into the Deep: The Lobster Diver; PART III: Supernatural Women; 6: For the Love of Money: Sex and Magic; 7: Fishy Tales: The Mermaid; Conclusion: Caribbean Vibrations; Afterword; Notes.
  • GlossaryBibliography; Index; Back Cover.

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