Land grab : green neoliberalism, gender, and Garifuna resistance in Honduras / Keri Vacanti Brondo.

Author/creator Brondo, Keri Vacanti author.
Format Book
PublicationTucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, [2017]
Descriptionxii, 233 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects
Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Land tenure. --Honduras.
Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Honduras. --Government relations.
Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Cultural assimilation. --Honduras.
Garifuna women--Honduras. --Social conditions.
Garifuna women--Honduras. --Economic conditions.
Honduras--Ethnic relations.
Honduras--Politics and government.

Contents 1 Identity, Labor, and the Banana Economy 19 -- 2 Development and Territorialization on the North Coast 35 -- 3 Mestizo Irregularities, Garifuna Displacement, and the Emergence of a "Mixed" Garifuna Community 54 -- 4 Gendered Rights and Responsibilities: Privatization and Women's Land Loss in Sambo Creek 73 -- 5 Representing the Garifuna: Development, Territory, Indigeneity, and Gendered Activism 90 -- 6 Roots, Rights, and Belonging in Sambo Creek 115 -- 7 "Businessmen Disguised as Environmentalists": Neoliberal Conservation in Garifuna Territory 129 -- 8 Research Voluntourism as Rights-Based Conservation: Could It Work? 153 -- 9 Neoliberalism's Limit Points in Post-Coup Honduras 168.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.
ISBN9780816535569 (paperback)
ISBN0816535566 (paperback)
ISBN(cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN(cloth ; alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F1505.2.C3 B76 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold