Diversity characterizes the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. Within this city of half a million, residents are rising against traditional barriers of race and class, defining new gender roles, and expanding access for the disabled. In this rich ethnography of the city, Michael Higgins and Tanya Coen explore how these activities fit into the ordinary daily lives of the people of Oaxaca.
Higgins and Coen focus their attention on groups that are often marginalized—the urban poor, transvestite and female prostitutes, discapacitados (the physically challenged), gays and lesbians, and artists and intellectuals. Blending portraits of and comments by group members with their own ethnographic observations, the authors reveal how such issues as racism, sexism, sexuality, spirituality, and class struggle play out in the people's daily lives and in grassroots political activism. By doing so, they translate the abstract concepts of social action and identity formation into the actual lived experiences of real people.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. BP2 - A first edition hardcover book in very good condition that has some bumped corners and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. A book that presents portraits of cultural and social groups in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico through a combination of interview excerpts and anthropological analysis. The authors base focus on the 'ondas' or lifestyles the urban poor, transvestite and female prostitutes, the disabled, gays and lesbians, and AIDS activists. These are described in order to demonstrate the diversity of customs in this Mexican city and the authors contrast this diversity with the lives of the average Mexican. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # EC23087BB
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