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Shipwrecked identities : navigating race on Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast /

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Global identity politics rest heavily on notions of ethnicity and authenticity, especially in contexts where indigenous identity becomes a basis for claims of social and economic justice. In contemporary Latin America there is a resurgence of indigenous claims for cultural and political autonomy and...

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Main Author: Pineda, Baron L., 1967-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Indians of Central America > Nicaragua > Ethnic identity.
Indians of Central America > Urban residence > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Indians of Central America > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Social conditions.
Indigenous peoples > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Social conditions.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Race relations.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Indians of Central America > Ethnic identity.
Indians of Central America > Social conditions.
Indians of Central America > Urban residence.
Indigenous peoples > Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples > Social conditions.
Race relations.
Social conditions.
Central America > Mosquitia.
Nicaragua.
Ethnische Identität.
Rassismus.
Moskitoküste.
Electronic books.
Geschichte 1980-2006
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The setting
  • Nicaragua's two coasts
  • From Bilwi to Puerto Cabezas : Mestizo nationalism in the age of agro-industry
  • Company time
  • Neighborhoods and official ethnicity
  • Costeño warriors and contra rebels : nature, culture, and ethnic conflict
  • Conclusion.