Indigenous dispossession : housing and Maya indebtedness in Mexico /

Following the recent global housing boom, tract housing development became a billion-dollar industry in Mexico. And at the national level, neoliberal housing policy has overtaken debates around land reform. For Indigenous peoples, access to affordable housing remains crucial to alleviating poverty....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Castellanos, María Bianet (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Mayas > Housing > Mexico > Cancún. Housing policy > Mexico > Cancún. Debt > Mexico > Cancún. Mayas > Mexico > Cancún > Economic conditions. Mayas > Urban residence > Mexico > Cancún. Mayas > Mexico > Cancún > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : indigenous Cancún
Before housing reform : the gendering of urban property
Promoting housing reform : debt as patrimony
After housing reform : credit as the new frontier
Foreclosure : waiting out the state
Eviction : invoking indigenous resistance
Epilogue : a cautionary tale of indebtedness.