Practically invisible : coastal Ecuador, tourism, and the politics of authenticity

Practically invisible coastal Ecuador, tourism, and the politics of authenticity

""A theoretically rich ethnography of an unrecognized coastal Ecuadorian indigenous group. Grounded in local knowledge and practice, the book shows how Agua Blancans bypass the national discourses that erase them from the landscape to access broader globalizing processes, with internationa...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Project Muse Content Provider (content provider)
Other Authors: Smith, Kimbra, 1970- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press 2015.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Manta Indians > Ecuador > Agua Blanca.
Manta Indians > Ethnic identity.
Agua Blanca (Ecuador) > Social life and customs.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009720229106719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Indigenous Communities and Globalizing Narratives
  • Discourse: fixity
  • 1. Telling Histories: Everyday Inequalities and the Construction of Authenticity
  • 2. Manteno, Montubio, Mestizo: Silencing Histories in Coastal Manabi
  • Practice: fluidity
  • 3. Vessels of Legitimacy: Performance and Interpretive Drift
  • 4. The Fluidity of Everyday Indigeneity
  • Dispositions: fear
  • 5. Ambivalent Attitudes toward Globalization
  • 6. Confronting Collective Fears: Discourse, Practice, and Interpretive Drift
  • Interpracticality: displacing fear
  • Conclusion: Invisible, Inc.
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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