Portraits of Persistence

Inequality and Hope in Latin America
Herausgeber: Auyero, Javier

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Profiles of triumph and hardship amid massive inequality in Latin America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2024
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781477328989
• ISBN-10: 147732898X
• Artikelnr.: 68920918

Autorenporträt

Javier Auyero

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction (Alison Coffey and Javier Auyero)
* Chapter 1. Soraya, la Reina del Sur in Nicaragua (Dennis Rodgers)
* Chapter 2. Maíra: Mothering and Struggle in the Shadow of State
Violence (Alison Coffey)
* Chapter 3. Rodrigo: “Many Secrets, Nothing to Hide”—Security
Entrepreneurship in Mexico City (Eldad Levy)
* Chapter 4. Fabio and Angélica: The Resistance of Staying Put (Alex
Diamond)
* Chapter 5. Doris Huaiquian: Newen, Tenacity of Spirit (Cinthya E.
Ammerman)
* Chapter 6. Aurelia: Displacement, Toxicity, and the Struggle for Home
(Maricarmen Hernández)
* Chapter 7. Hamid: A Life Deferred in Brazil (Katherine Jensen)
* Chapter 8. María: Obligated by Circumstances—From Temporary to
Precariously Permanent in the United States (Jennifer Scott)
* Chapter 9. Ezequiel: A Laburante in Argentina’s Relegated
Neighborhoods (Marcos Perez)
* Chapter 10. Nelson and Celia: Feeling Potholes and Debt in the Bones
(Jorge Derpic)
* Chapter 11. Big Love: A Political Broker at Work (Javier Auyero and
Sofía Servián)
* Chapter 12. Alberto: Service Work and Social Change in Argentina
(Katherine Sobering)
* Afterword (Javier Auyero)
* Acknowledgments
* Contributors
* Index