The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean

Author: Harry Sanabria

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 1317350235

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The first single-authored comprehensive introduction to major contemporary research trends, issues, and debates on the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean. The text provides wide and historically informed coverage of key facets of Latin American and Caribbean societies and their cultural and historical development as well as the roles of power and inequality. Cymeme Howe, Visiting Assistant Professor of Cornell University writes, “The text moves well and builds over time, paying close attention to balancing both the Caribbean and Latin America as geographic regions, Spanish and non-Spanish speaking countries, and historical and contemporary issues in the field. I found the geographic breadth to be especially impressive.” Jeffrey W. Mantz of California State University, Stanislaus, notes that the contents “reflect the insights of an anthropologist who knows Latin America intimately and extensively.”

Theatre and Politics
Theatre and Politics

Author: Joe Kelleher

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0230205232

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One of the first titles in this vibrant and eye-catching new series of short, sharp, shots for theatre students.

A Companion to Latina/o Studies
A Companion to Latina/o Studies

Author: Juan Flores

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-02-09

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 0470766026

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A Companion to Latina/o Studies is a collection of 40 original essays written by leading scholars in the field, dedicated to exploring the question of what 'Latino/a' is. Brings together in one volume a diverse range of original essays by established and emerging scholars in the field of Latina/o Studies Offers a timely reference to the issues, topics, and approaches to the study of US Latinos - now the largest minority population in the United States Explores the depth of creative scholarship in this field, including theories of latinisimo, immigration, political and economic perspectives, education, race/class/gender and sexuality, language, and religion Considers areas of broader concern, including history, identity, public representations, cultural expression and racialization (including African and Native American heritage).

Gendered Lives
Gendered Lives

Author: Nadine T. Fernandez

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2022-01-01

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1438486960

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Gendered Lives takes a regional approach to examine gender issues from an anthropological perspective with a focus on globalization and intersectionality. Chapters present contributors' ethnographic research, contextualizing their findings within four geographic regions: Latin America, the Caribbean, South Asia, and the Global North. Each regional section begins with an overview of the broader historical, social, and gendered contexts, which situate the regions within larger global linkages. These introductions also feature short project/people profiles that highlight the work of community leaders or non-governmental organizations active in gender-related issues. Each research-based chapter begins with a chapter overview and learning objectives and closes with discussion questions and resources for further exploration. This modular, regional approach allows instructors to select the regions and cases they want to use in their courses. While they can be used separately, the chapters are connected through the book's central themes of globalization and intersectionality. An OER version of this course is freely available thanks to the generous support of SUNY OER Services. Access the book online at https://milneopentextbooks.org/gendered-lives-global-issues/.

Metal Matrix Composites
Metal Matrix Composites

Author: Nikhilesh Chawla

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-16

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 0387285679

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In the last few years, a significant increase in applications of MMCs has taken place, particularly in the areas of automotive, aerospace, electronics, and recreation. These include continuous fiber reinforced MMCs for cables in power transmission, high temperature superconducting wires, particulate MMCs in civilian aircraft and automotive applications, and high volume fraction, high thermal conductivity substrates for electronic packaging. Nevertheless, as with any novel material systems, there is a lack of fundamental understanding on the part of practicing engineers and designers. This book would seek to address these issues, in a thorough and cohesive manner, as well as to provide students and scientists with a basic understanding of MMCs. This book will emphasize the synergistic relationships among processing, structure, and properties of metal matrix composites.

Economies of Desire
Economies of Desire

Author: Amalia L. Cabezas

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 2009-04-28

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1592137512

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Money, sex, and love: Are they merely "market forces" in transnational tourism?

Matters of Choice
Matters of Choice

Author: Iris Lopez

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2008-12-10

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0813546249

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Sterilization remains one of the most popular forms of fertility control in the world, but it has received little acknowledgment for decreasing birthrates on account of its dubious use as a means of population control, especially in developing countries. In Matters of Choice, Iris Lopez presents a comprehensive analysis of the dichotomous views that have portrayed sterilization either as part of a coercive program of population control or as a means of voluntary, even liberating, fertility control by individual women. Drawing upon her twenty-five years of research on sterilized Puerto Rican women from five different families in Brooklyn, Lopez untangles the interplay between how women make fertility decisions and their social, economic, cultural, and historical constraints. Weaving together the voices of these women, she covers the history of sterilization and eugenics, societal pressures to have fewer children, a lack of adequate health care, patterns of gender inequality, and misinformation provided by doctors and family members. Lopez makes a stirring case for a model of reproductive freedom, taking readers beyond victim/agent debates to consider a broader definition of reproductive rights within a feminist anthropological context.

The Myth Of The Male Breadwinner
The Myth Of The Male Breadwinner

Author: Helen I Safa

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0429972385

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First Published in 2018. This book examines the debate about the effects of paid employment on women through studies of women industrial workers in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. It focuses on following areas of women's lives: wages and working conditions; the family, life cycle, and household composition.

What's Love Got to Do with It?
What's Love Got to Do with It?

Author: Denise Brennan

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2004-05-14

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780822332978

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DIVAn ethnographic case study of sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, showing how the sex trade is linked to economic and cultural globalization./div