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ISBN 10: 1317198212
ISBN 13: 9781317198215
Author: Harry Sanabria
This wide-ranging introduction to the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean offers broad coverage of culture and society in the region, taking into account historical developments as well as the roles of power and inequality. The chapters address key topics such as colonialism, globalization, violence, religion, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, health, and food, and emphasize the impact of Latin American and Caribbean peoples and cultures in the United States. The text has been thoroughly updated for the second edition, including fresh case studies and new chapters on independence, neoliberalism and immigration, and popular culture and the digital revolution. Students are provided with a solid overview of the major contemporary trends, issues, and debates in the field. Each chapter ends with a summary, up-to-date recommendations for viewing films/videos and websites, and a comprehensive bibliography for further reading and research.
The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean 1st Table of contents:
1 Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean
Why study the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean?
Documenting and explaining everyday life
Imagining and inventing Latin America and the Caribbean
Countries and peoples
Landscapes and physiographic regions
South America
Andes
Altiplano
Llanos
Guiana and Brazilian Highlands
Amazon Basin
Pampas/Patagonia
Mexico and Central America
Central Plateau
Southern Highlands
Gulf Coastal Plains
Yucatán Peninsula
Central American Highlands
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
2 Before the Europeans
Perspectives on social complexity
Paleo-Indian
Archaic
South America
Mesoamerica
Formative
South America and Caribbean
Mesoamerica
The Maya region
Mesa Central
Horizon
South America and the Incas
Mesoamerica
The Maya region
Mesa Central and the Aztecs
Gender and empire
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
3 Conquest, colonialism, and resistance
The conquest
Voyages and explorations
How did (and could) it happen?
Incas and Aztecs
Maya
Entrenching colonialism and technologies of rule
Pillars of the colonial economy
Resisting colonialism
Rebellions
Andean rebellions
Haiti’s slave revolution
“Everyday” forms of resistance
Ethnogenesis
Gendered colonialism
Sexuality, marriage, and power
Towards a male and heterosexual-centered cosmology
Remembering Columbus
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
4 Independence and nation-building
Independence and nationalisms
Forging nation-states
Print media and schools
Gendered states of mind
Cuisine, cookbooks, and nation-building
Bridging the racial and ethnic divide
Health and the diseased nation
Syphilis
Tuberculosis
Smallpox
In the United States: the invention of Cinco de Mayo
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
5 Cultural politics of race and ethnicity
Race: biological fallacy, socially constructed – or both?
Race during the colonial period
Blood and colonial race-like thinking
Castes, the colonial body, and casta paintings
Race and cultural miscegenation at the “bottom”
Pseudo-racial identities
Ethnicity and culture: moving away from race
Indigenous movements and the multicultural turn
Chile’s Mapuche
Evo Morales and Bolivia’s indigenous state
Ethnic mobilizations in Colombia
Genetics and the revival of “scientific” racial thinking in Mexico and Brazil
In the United States: race, culture, and the making of “Hispanics”
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
6 Gender, sexuality, and reproduction
Gender and sex
Pre-colonial gender and sexuality
The fluidity of gender and sexual identities
Mesoamerica
Andes
Parallelism and complementarity
Femininities
Marianismo
Engaging politics
Bridging the house–street divide
Heading households
Same-sex desires
Masculinities
Machismo
Masculinities
Gay masculinities
Transgender(ed)
Brazilian travestis
Zapotec muxe
Policing reproduction
The politics of same-sex marriage: Argentina and Mexico
In the United States: negotiating cross-border masculinities
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
7 Religion and everyday life
The colonial encounter and Popular Catholicism
Living with the supernatural
The Virgin Mary
Mexico
Haiti
Bolivia
The Devil
The saints
Welcoming the dead
The African heritage
Religion and healing
Shamanism and ayahuasca
Competing for healing power
Divine healing
The Protestant tide
Catholic Pentecostalism
Guatemala’s religious turn
Evangelical Venezuela
In the United States: celebrating the Day of the Dead
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
8 Food, cuisine, and cultural expression
Why food and culture?
Historical and cultural sketch of LAC foods
The Columbian Exchange
Food and cuisine as cultural battlegrounds
Distinctions: race, class, ethnicity
Food and agency
Eating, memory, and remembering home
Religion, ritual, and food
Cooking, eating, and national identity
Are “hot” and “cold” foods healthy?
In the United States: the appeal of Latino taste
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
9 Striving for health and coping with illness
Medical anthropology
Poverty, inequality, and ill-health
Diseases
Tuberculosis (TB)
Kharisiris in Bolivia and Peru
Mexico
Haiti
AIDS
Brazil
Haiti
Zika
Folk illnesses
Susto
Mal de ojo
Nervios
Grisi siknis
The expressive and healthy body
Andean bodies, communities, and mountains
Amazonian body and knowledge
Jamaican bodies: health, fluids, and sociality
Health and politics in the United States and Cuba
In the United States: migrant farmworkers and their struggle for health
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
10 Violence, memory, and justice
Why reflect on violence and memory?
The Central American civil wars
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Guatemala
Chile’s Pinochet
Argentina’s terror
Colombia’s violencia
Mexico’s Zapatistas
Peru’s Shining Path
The violent legacy of violence: transnational gangs
Seeking closure: transitional justice, truth, and human rights
Argentina
Chile
Guatemala
In the United States: to be or not be Maya
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
11 Neoliberalism, NAFTA, and immigration
What is neoliberalism?
NAFTA
Hopes, promises, fallouts
Maquiladoras
Neoliberalism, multiculturalism, resistance
Feminicide
In the United States: immigration quagmires
Debating policy
Immigrant and undocumented workers in the US economy
Resisting the “alien invasion” of the US
Ensnaring undocumented kids, youths, and families
Separating children from their parents
DREAMers
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
12 More connections: popular culture, tourism, and digital cultures
Globalization and popular culture
Sports
Soccer
Soccer, national identity, and inequality in Brazil
Chilean soccer and politics
Argentina, soccer, and Jewish identity
Baseball
Dominican baseball, poverty, and nationalism
Revolutionary baseball in Cuba
Carnaval
Beauty contests
Venezuelan transformistas and beauty queens
Guatemala’s Maya beauty pageants
Tourism
Heritage tourism in Peru
Caribbean sex tourism
Ecotourism
Seeking health care: medical tourism
Digital connections
Political activism
Narcocorridos, culture, and music
In the United States: transnational television media
Concluding thoughts
Films/videos
Websites
References
Epilogue: looking back and ahead
References
Glossary
Index
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